Like most people, I read the Declaration of Independence when I was in school. But I really didn’t understand the historical and philosophical background or the implications of the document. Years later I finally understood what the Declaration said. There are seven essential points that everyone must understand to properly form a foundation for understanding of our future governments under The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union as well as the Constitution. Point #1 – The Declaration was a secessionist document. The colonies seceded from Great Britain. ”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.” Point #2 – All men are created equal 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. This is the same point John Locke posited in his Two Treatises of Government and Thomas Paine addressed in his pamphlet Common Sense: that no man is ordained by God to rule over other men. There is no hereditary right to rule either. redefinegov/do-you-really-know-what-the-declaration-of-independence-said/
Posted on: Thu, 03 Apr 2014 20:16:11 +0000
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