LAD #3: Declaration of Independence

1.) Democratic Principles
-All men are created equal and have the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and all citizens have natural rights in general. Those governed have the right to abolish a government and establish a new one if the governing body was ever to become corrupt. The consent of the people was also necessary for the passage of laws in the new government.

2.) Handful of Grievances
-King George III of Great Britain disabled the civil liberties of many of those in the colonies, also appearing to pass laws in the colonies that better the economy and lifestyle in his own country, rather than in his settlements overseas. Legislative bodies in the colonies were also been shut down at the King's will as he believed them to set up in opposition to him. He had also kept a great deal of his soldiers in the colonies and allowed them to stay in any quarters they see fit without the consent of the colonists themselves. Taxes were passed with the representations of the colonists, resulting in resentment as well as limiting the nations the American colonies could trade with.

3.) The Conclusion
-The assembly of the General Congress declared that the United States had the right to be free and independent of Britain and that any political ties were to be thereby severed. As a free nation the United States would therefore reserve the right to declare war or peace along with creating alliances and establishing commerce as needed, just like many other countries in the free world.