What did the declaration of independence say about the rights of people?

Answer 1

No one. The Declaration of Independence was mostly a statement to the British monarchy that the Colonies were seceding, citing noble universal human rights and a list of grievances of the British against the colonists. While suggesting human rights and advising the US Supreme Court, the document is not considered a legal document of the United States. "Rights" of Americans can be found in the Constitution and the Amendments thereof.

Answer 2

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None. The Declaration, Constitution and Bill of Rights simply recognize and codify natural rights.

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This is a correction to the above Answer. The Declaration of Independence actually gives us a very important and fundamental right to take back government.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpation's pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

Answer 3

Life,Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Answer 4

We are all equal