where did the basic ides of goverment come from?
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The people have the right to change government when it no longer works for the people.
There are a great number of ideas that are not included in the Declaration of Independence. One idea is human fashion.
people have equal rights People have natural rights
Actually, Jefferson used the ideas of John Locke for the declaration. Those ideas were that man had the God given rights of changing the government when necessary, the right to happiness, the right to liberty. Despite what the declaration states it is not the governments job to make you happy or to guarantee your liberty. The big idea in the declaration was revolutionary since for a thousand years the world had been ruled by kings and the declaration turned this idea on it's side. It removed the king at the top and gave everyone else the power to change/form government.
people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government