MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
SHAYS REBELLION
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All men are created equal, all men have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, government gets its power from the people
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The only rightful purpose of government is to protect our basic rights and having a monarchy is an unnatural way to select a leader
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It needed to be explained and justified to the world why we were declaring our independence from Great Britain.
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King George III created an absolute tyranny and the Declaration of Independence proves that
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Detailed explanation-1: -All men are born equal, and they have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, according to these principles. These rights are believed to have been bestowed by the Creator and are unalienable, which implies that the government cannot revoke them.
Detailed explanation-2: -Remember that the pursuit of happiness, in the Declaration, is not a quest or a pastime, but “an unalienable right.” Everyone has the right to actuallybe happy, not just try to be happy. To use a metaphor: You don’t just get the chance to make the baseball team, you are guaranteed a spot.
Detailed explanation-3: -"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their Creator, and which governments are created to protect.