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 This Is A Very Long Title But Basicly The Colonies Have Some NeW iDeAs.

So First Of All There's This Man John Locke Who Apparently Didn't Have Anything To Do With The Colonies And Acually Was Dead Before This Time, But He Influenced The Colonies. He Wrote Ideas About Government. He Said That People Have The Natural Rights Of Life, Liberty, And Property-Which Was Later Changed. He Also Said That Government Was Created To Protect The Natural Rights Of People, And Only Has The Specific Powers The People Consent-Give Promission-To Give It. That Sentence Is Saying That The Government Only Has Great Powers Because We The People Have Allowed It.

So Then The Colonists Wanted Independance From England. This Is Where The Declaration Of Independance Comes In. The DOI Stated, Or Proclaimed, Independance From England (Duh). It Said That People Have The Natural Rights Of Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness. It Was Written In June In The Year Of 1776. (This Is Why We Celebrate The 4th Of July, We Won Independance July 4th, 1776) Thomas Jefferson Did Most Of The Writing (And He Was Also A President, But Thats Not Even Near This Unit.) Of The Declaration. He Used Ideas From John Locke.

Some Key Philosophies In The Declaration Of Indepence Include.......
 * People Have " Certain Unalienable Rights" Of Life, Liberty, AnD ThE PuRsUiT Of HaPpInEsS.
 * People EsTaBlIsH government to protect those rights
 * Government derives power from the PeOpLe
 * People Have A RiGhT And A DuTy To ChAnGe A government that violates their rights

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