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Declaration of Independnce - Coggle Diagram
Declaration of Independnce
Unalienable Rights
Unalienable Rights are rights that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred to another person. Every person was given three unalienable rights..
“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."
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are the three Unalienable Rights. "Among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
Jefferson got the ideas of the rights from and Enlightenment thinker, John Locke. Locke´s idea was "Life, Liberty, and Property", but because not all people were given land from the declaration Jefferson changed property to the pursuit of happiness.
Consent of the People:
The people consent to what power the government uses and to what extent they use it
"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 and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness"
" But 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."
Responsibility of the government to protect the rights of its citizens
It is the government's job to protect every citizen's 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 institute new 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."
Equality of rights for all citizens
Every citizen is equal and has the same rights as everyone else.
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"
"The separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them"
"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."