1. Democratic Principles:
Throughout most of the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, there was a lot about the people's rights, and how the government was to be run. It started off by talking about how everyone has certain rights and how we are all equal. Then it started to talk about the government and how the government is supposed to be for the people(i.e. doing what's best for the people, making sure that they have their rights, created by the people) and how the government, if it goes against these morals, should be destroyed by the people and a new government should be set up in its place that does follow these principles.
2. A Handful of Grievances:
The Declaration of Independence, after the first paragraph, begins to list all the things that England's government(specifically the King) did wrong, according to them. It lists things from his refusal of allowing laws to be passed that were for the public good to even where he called the legislative body together for meetings. The Declaration then goes on to what Great Britain personally has done to the Americans(such as forcing taxes on the Americans and taking away their on legislatures).
3. The Conclusion:
The Declaration of Independence ends with a paragraph about how America deserves to be its own country, separate from Great Britain, and that they were cutting off political connections to Great Britain. Then all the representatives of the colonies that were gathered at the time signed the Declaration.
My source for this:
Declaration of Independence
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