The Declaration Of Independence Describes The Purpose Of Government

1.) Justin Diaz 8/28/2017 Mrs. Covas
Exploring the Declaration of Independence

2.) The Declaration of Independence was created as a response to Great Britain overtaxing the colonists and so the founding fathers decided to send a declaration to King George declaring that America would be free, which was the cause of the American Revolution. The Declaration of Independence expressed the ideals of the colonists and their desire to have their own government that would be built on democratic ideals.
3.) The Declaration of Independence describes the purpose of government by using the social contract theory. Which is that people create government in order to secure their rights, and that the government only exists because the people have given their consent to certain leaders to rule it. Then it say’s that when a government fails or denies those rights, the people can abolish it and create a new one.
Popular sovereignty is the idea that the people themselves are the source of authority and power in the government. In a republic, or representative democracy, people give the power of daily government decisions in the hands of elected leaders. However, the people can take that consent back and give it to new leaders if need be.
“He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on rights of the people. He has refused for such a long time, after such dissolution to cause others to be