Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson “The declaration of Independence” text book.

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Pre-reading Questions

1. A people may abolish or alter their government when the government which derives its powers from the consent of the governed, becomes destructive of unalienable rights including life, liberty and pursuit of happiness that all men created equally should enjoy.

Jefferson considered King George a tyrant because his rule forbids the colonies from assenting laws wholesome and necessary for public good by subjecting these colonies to the monarch’s rules including aspects like cutting off trades of the American society, imposing taxes without consent of the American people through their leaders, abdicating government in the colonies,……………..