2. Key Words
Unalienable rights: rights that cannot be
taken away
Inherent: natural; rights people are born with
Derive: to come from
The English Bill of Rights of 1689: made
Parliament more powerful than the English
king. All new taxes had to be approved by
Parliament first.
4. Essential Knowledge
The Declaration
of Independence
proclaimed
independence
from England. It
stated that people
have natural
(inherent) rights
to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of
happiness.
6. 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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7. Key Philosophies in the Declaration of
Independence
People have
certain
“unalienable
rights” to life,
liberty, and the
pursuit of
happiness.
(Unalienable
rights are rights
that cannot be
taken away.)
8. Key Philosophies in the Declaration of
Independence
People establish government to protect
those rights.
9. Key Philosophies in the Declaration of
Independence
Government
derives power
from the people.
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10. Key Philosophies in the Declaration of
Independence
People have a right and a duty to
change a government that violates their
rights.
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11. 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?