Question

What do you feel was the most important ideal displayed in the Declaration of Independence?

In other words, what do you think was the most important message the framers were trying to exhibit while drafting the document?

Answer 1

That all humans are born with “natural rights,” including the right to protect their lives, liberty, and property. That government is a “social contract” between people and their rulers, which can be dissolved if rulers fail to promote the people’s welfare.

Step-by-step explanation:

Although these ideas seem pretty tame by modern standards, in the eighteenth century they were tantamount to treason.

The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular sovereignty, the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will.