Declaration of Independence

In the United States, citizens vote for their President, Vice-President, Representatives and Senators. The members of the Judicial Branch are selected by the President and confirmed by the Senate.

The king denied the colonists representation in government.

Rhode Island ratified the US Constitution on May 29, 1790. By that time the Constitution was already in effect having been ratified by the necessary 3/4 of the original colonies when New York ratified it on July 26, 1788.

people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government

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The last part of the Declaration of Independence iis referred to as the "Conclusion". It reads as follows: We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.

the rights of the people to alter or to abolish their government.

The major accomplishments of Roger Sherman was that he made an almanac and was a very talented writer.

Richard Henry Lee was the first to call for a revolution prior to the Declaration of Independence. He called for the colonies to be free and independent states completely separated from Britain. He also called for any political ties to be dissolved as well.

The words in the Declaration of Independence mean that at that time period the U.S. wasn't very united. Also, they wanted to improve the government, and just about everything else too. They are basically saying that our country isn't how we want it yet, but it is our goal to get there.

Independence, and power

Popular sovereignty (apex)

Thomas Jefferson

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George Mason

Alter or abolish the government

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen is a document that was issued by the France's National Constituent Assembly on August 27, 1789. Although mainly directed against the specific abuses of the old French aristocratic and monarchial regime, it was written in abstract universalistic language that also made it applicable to other European nations. Its political language was influenced by the Enlightenment as well as Virginia's Declaration of Rights that it adopted in 1776. Two of its main declarations were that of civic equality, which would challenge Europe's social and legal inequities, and popular sovereignty, which claimed that governments must be responsible to those they govern. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizenalso proclaimed that all men were "born and remain free and equal in rights" and that these natural rights were "liberty, property, security, and resistance to protection." It also claimed that government existed to protect these rights, all citizens were equal before the law, there must be due process of law and the presumption of innocent until proven guilty, and that political sovereignty resided in the representatives and the nation. In addition, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizenaffirmed the freedom of religion and that taxation was to be apportioned equally according to one's ability to pay. Note, however, that the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen only applied to men, not women, in accordance with Rousseau's idea of distinct gender spheres.

In the American Declaration of Independence, the main idea (or, argument) focuses on the relationship of governed and government. In brief terms, the Declaration argues that there is a two-fold natural (or, as it may also be put, philosophical) truth that regulates this relationship: governments rule only by consent of those it governs and, further, where the government violates the trust implicit in that consent, the governed have the right to overthrow it for the sake of restoring a more natural governance.

Patriots

Both the loyalists and patriots felt strongly about their stand on the Revolutionary War and the independence that was being fought for. One of the major arguments between these groups included the patriots feeling that the country would be better without being under the rule of Great Britain while the loyalists felt that this would lead to the demise of the country altogether.

The Declaration of Independence is unique in that it was the first time a people announced their reasons for revolting against the government and setting up an independent nation. The Declaration stated the grievances they had against the king, announced they were declaring idependence and proclamed themselves an independent nation.

The Second Continental Congress adopted the U.S. Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It met from May 1775 to March 1781 and served as the de facto national government of the American colonies during the Revolutionary War.

The Declaration of Independence was written by the Committee of Five. Members of the committee were Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.

The Second Continental Congress. Its members represented all thirteen colonies. The First Congress had met in 1774 and adjourned for a year with little resolved. The Second began meeting early in 1775, as war broke out. This Congress stayed in being until the war was over, and the new Constitution adopted. While in session the Second Continental Congress had adopted the Articles of Confederation, after which they were called the "Confederation Congress". The first draft of the actual Declaration of Independence was the work of a committee, including John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, with Jefferson doing most of the composing. The Resolution that the Congress should declare Independence, which led to the appointing of the committee which drafted the document, was offered by Richard Henry ("Light Horse Harry") Lee of Virginia, whose other claim to historical fame was that he was the father of Robert E. Lee.

where did the basic ides of goverment come from?