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The Declaration of Independence is still important because it identifies the tensions and emotions surrounding the refusal of British influence. It used the British king as a scapegoat, even though he had relatively little involvement.

However, it embodies the primary values of the country at that time. The Lockian ideas of natural rights underly everything that the Declaration of Independence stood for. The rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are what it is all about. Those ideal should still hold true today, and that is why it is still important.

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