Declaration of Independence

they made the colonist fight against the british hey btw i mihgt be wrong but that did happen

John Locke was an extremely influential 18th century philosopher and was greatly admired by the Founding Fathers of the United States. Voltaire once praised him as â??the man of the greatest wisdom. What he has not seen clearly, I despair of ever seeing.â??

1. The power to levy wars.

2. To conclude peace.

3. To contract alliances.

4. To establish commerce.

5. To do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.

Robert R. Livingston was one of the Committee of Five that the Second Continental put together to write the Declaration of Independence; however he did not contribute anything to its content and he did not sign it either. He did vote for adoption of the final draft on July 4, 1776, but only John Hancock and Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Convention, signed on that day. The document was prepared for signatures by the other delegates, most of whom signed it on August 2, 1776. The ironic thing about Livingston is he never got to sign it. He was recalled to New York before August 2 and simply wasn't there to sign it even though he was on the Committee to write it.

The government receives its authority to act from the people.

Almost everyone would argue that the colonists did the right thing when they declared independence from England. If they had not done so, it is hard to know what type of country the United States would be today.

In 1607, Jamestown was settled.

In 1945, WWII concluded with VE and VJ day.

Thomas Jefferson stated the reasons Americans believed they had the right to revolt from Great Britain. He wrote in the Declaration of Indepdendence, ". . .all men are created equal, that they are endowed . . .with certain unalienable Rights, . . .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 institue new Government, . . ." In other words, if the government in Great Britain (King and Parliament) will not respect the basic rights of the American colonists (who are British citizens), and if that King and Parliament will continue to enact laws without the consent of the colonists, then the colonies must break from England and form their own government.

Philip Livingston was the third signer of the Declaration of Independence to have died. The first two signers who passed away were John Morton and Button Gwinnett.

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by the Committee of Five of the Continental Congress. The Committee of Five was John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.

I think that you are asking how they delivered the complaint? The original document was sent to King George III of the United Kingdom in 1776 by sea, but he was very mad and destroyed the paper. The copy that was made in the same year is kept in Washington D.C. in an underground chamber. It is a historical document that changed the world, after all, if not just a copy.

Laissez-Faire

You need to give the choices.

When a government abuses it's power, and uses it for a purpose other than the will of the people, then the people have a right and obligation to get rid of that government and create a new one.

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They had been dependant of the British government for so long that declaring independance was hugely controversial at the time. So naturally, some members of the Continental Congress favored independance while others were in favor of ultimately making peace with the British. But they realized that this was not possible and even if it were, they would all be hing for treason.

The struggles Thomas Jefferson faced were many. First of all, he had to make sure that the reasons for independence were practical and not like "We should get independence because I say so". Also, he had to say things that would not get the king angry and attack with stronger forces. Finally when he was finished and it was revised, the Declaration was signed and approved.

The Government gets its powers from Micayla Wicks. The most popular girl in Wisconsin.

The whole point was to get indeppendence from the british. Also, Alot of important peeps signed it to break away from great Britian. The Americans wanted to get away from the British and their way of suceeding was to sign the Decleration of INdependence

The Declaration of Independence was a document that laid out for the British exactly why the colonists were declaring their independence from their rule. They believed that all people deserved to pursue happiness, and were entitled to their life.

In my opinion, it's a toss up between: "all men [sic] are born equally free and independent" (George Mason, Virginia Declaration of Rights); and, the people have the right to alter or abolish government.

The Declaration of Independence is organized into several sections, each serving a different purpose. There are generally considered to be five parts of the Declaration of Independence, according to the National Archives' description on its website. But many persons have critiqued the document and some feel that there are any number of different parts. In view of the discrepancy on what, in one sense, is just a matter of opinion depending on the person giving it, I will go with the National Archives' opinion and leave it to readers to form their own opinions. The parts are: 1. The Introduction. This is the opening paragraph; a single sentence beginning with "We the People..." It is sometime erroneously referred to as the Preamble, probably because the opening paragraph of the US Constitution is referred to as the Preamble to the Constitution. 2. The Preamble. The second paragraph, which begins with "We hold theses truths to be self-evident. The Preamble sets the logic al argument that people have rights, that people form governments to secure those rights and when a government becomes destructive of those rights, the people have a right and a duty to throw off that government. 3. The Indictment of King George III. The list of wrongs the King has done to show the ways in which the King has abused the rights of the colonists. 4. The Denunciation of the British people. A statement announcing not only the separation of colonial government from British government, but colonial people from British people. 5. Conclusion. The Declaration of Independence from the King and his British peoples is the only logical conclusion to be taken from the above. What could lead to the different opinions on the number of parts. For one, the "Introduction" is mistakenly called the Preamble, the way the first paragraph of the Constitution is called. Admittedly, calling the second paragraph the "Preamble" seems wrong, but that is what the National Archives says. Some split the last two paragraphs into "Conclusion" and "Declaration" instead of calling both just the "Conclusion". Some combine the indictment of the king and the denunciation of the British peoples as one section.

Thomas Jefferson got his ideas from John Locke, who believed that people were born with certain natural rights of life, liberty, and property; that people formed government to protect those rights; and that a government interfering with these rights will be overthrown.