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The Declaration of Independence
Enlightenment Through Independence
The Enlightenment Locke
–People have natural rights–Governments that fail to protect those rights should be abolished
Rousseau–The “Social Contract”
Thomas Jefferson
Selected to draft a statement declaring the colonies independence
Influenced by Locke
Thomas Jefferson 33 year old
Virginian Aristocrat Member of the
House of Burgesses Served in the
Second Continental Congress
The Declaration of Independence
Contains two parts–Principles of Natural Rights and the Social Contract
–A list of the actions by the King that breaks the contract
Part IAll men are created equalNatural RightsGovernment by consentRight of people to alter or
abolish government
A list of actions taken by the King and Parliament that the colonists considered a break of the social contract
A justification of independence
Part II
D of I et ceteraIt was not written for King,
but for the colonistsTreasonFails to mention women or
slavesMeant to be preformedCaused problems
Problems with Independence
Not everyone wanted independence
Colonies had no government
The Declaration of Independence Today
It is a “Living Document”–Still inspires
People all over the world try to live up to the ideals of the D of I
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