In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
~ When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. ___ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such
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___ He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. ___ He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: ___ For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: ___ For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: ___ For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: ___ For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: ___ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: ___ For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences ___ For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: ___ For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable
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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
~ When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. ___ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. - That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such ( ... )
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___ He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. ___ He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: ___ For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: ___ For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: ___ For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: ___ For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: ___ For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: ___ For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences ___ For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: ___ For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable ( ... )
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