THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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Unalienable Rights
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Popular Sovereignty
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Social Contract
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Natural Rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -Inalienable because people’s rights can never be taken away. Indivisible and interdependent because all rights – political, civil, social, cultural and economic – are equal in importance and none can be fully enjoyed without the others.
Detailed explanation-2: -That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property."
Detailed explanation-3: -While there are important rights held by Americans and other citizens of democracies around the world that are not considered inalienable-such as the right to a trial by jury and even the right to own property-the most important are inalienable because they cannot be given or taken away by a government.
Detailed explanation-4: -Foremost among the unalienable rights that government is established to secure, from the founders’ point of view, are property rights and religious liberty.