6b declaration of independence
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Portsmouth Public Schools
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Key WordsUnalienable rights: rights that cannot be taken awayInherent: natural; rights people are born withDerive: to come fromThe English Bill of Rights of 1689: made Parliament
more powerful than the English king. All new taxes had to be approved by Parliament first.
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Essential KnowledgeNew political
ideas led to a desire for independence and democratic government in the American colonies.
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Essential KnowledgeThe Declaration of
Independence proclaimed independence from England. It stated that people have natural (inherent) rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Essential QuestionsWhat ideas/philosophies about government
were expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
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Key Philosophies in the Declaration of Independence
Key philosophies in the Declaration of Independence were based upon ideas first expressed by European philosophers.
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Key Philosophies in the Declaration of IndependencePeople have
certain “unalienable rights” to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. (Unalienable rights are rights that cannot be taken away.)
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Key Philosophies in the Declaration of Independence
People establish government to protect those rights.
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Key Philosophies in the Declaration of IndependenceGovernment
derives power from the people.
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Key Philosophies in the Declaration of IndependencePeople have a right and a duty to
change a government that violates their rights.
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Think About It…How do people in the United States show
the government they are not happy? Why do you think the philosophies in the
Declaration of Independence are important?