Question

1.3.6 practice: examining the founding principles

the declaration of independence
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 governments becomes destructive of thee ends, it is right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its power in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness . summary

Answer 1

The declaration of independence of the United States of America, whose official title is The Unanimous declaration of the United States of America is a document drafted by the second continental congress - in the state house of Pennsylvania (now hall of the independence) in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1776, which proclaimed that the thirteen american colonies then at war with the kingdom of Great Britain had defined themselves as thirteen new sovereign and independent states and no longer recognized British rule; instead they formed a new nation: the United States: John Adams was one of the politicians who undertook the independence process, approved on July 2nd by the full congress without opposition.