Declaration of Independence 3 point summarization

Michael Mariuz

Mr. Decarlo

AP U.S.

September 18, 2011

1. In the Declaration of Independence there are many different “principles” within it that are very democratic. The most important principle in the Declaration is that all men are created equal. All the men who are created equal have “unalienable” rights this means that these rights that men are given can not be taken away no matter what. At any time that the government takes away these rights the people have that nation have the right to overthrow the government and make needed change. These “unalienable” rights are; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
2. The list of grievances is a list of twenty-seven complaints the colonist had with Britain and the way it governed the colonies. Here are some of the most important grievances; “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures”, “For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world and For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent”, “For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury”, “For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments”, and last ‘He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within”.

     3. The conclusion of the Declaration of Independence talks about how America had tried countless times      to reason with Britain about their grievances. America felt that Britain had not listened to their problems and had created more problems than solved for America. Separation from Britain was inevitable.