![]() ![]() They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend jurisdiction over us. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. ![]() In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. ![]() 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.īut when a long train of abuses and usurpations, 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.-Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of 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 sand organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. The Declaration of Independence In Congress July 4, 1776 From the Declaration of Independence the nation continued to build an American society governed not by man, but by common rules of law. The Declaration's clarion call to self-government and freedom began the nation. Click to read and download the "Fresh Takes on the Declaration of Independence" e-book, featuring 24 scholars of American historyĮncourage students to take the Fresh Takes Challenge! Have them read and briefly reflect on the Declaration of Independence.The Declaration of Independence (1776) built on the American settlers' common goals of unity, freedom and protection of individual rights.Teaching different perspectives on the Declaration of Independence Click to download black and white map of 1776 newspaper editions.Teaching when and how the Declaration of Independence spread through the newly United States Click to download black and white infographic about signers of both the Declaration and Constitution.Click to download black and white PDF of all graphics.Teaching about signers of the Declaration of Independence who also signed other founding documentsĬlick to download individual graphics: Articles of Association, Olive Branch Petition, Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution 3-27 have all occurrences of individual words underlined (in the column order from the activity) 2 has all the words in this activity underlined, and pp. Click to download PDF with relevant words highlighted on the Dunlap broadside.Click to download PDF of handout with resources for teachers.Teaching the words in the Declaration of Independence Read the blog post, "Delegate Discussions: The Lee Resolution(s)" Click to download black and white timeline.Teaching the timeline of the Declaration of Independence Read the blog post, "Unsullied by Falsehood: No John Trumbull" Click to download PDF with resources for teachers.Teaching with John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence
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