1. DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

2. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
• Principal author was Thomas Jefferson.

3. Notable phrases
Begins with the phrase, “When in the course of human events…”
Includes the phrase: "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".

4. What is the Duty of the People?
The Declaration states that it is the right and duty of a people who to overthrow the government and change the system if the government takes away their rights.

5. Unalienable Rights
Unalienable rights are rights that cannot be taken away.
The unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

6. Who Rules?
Gives the power of rule to the people.

7. Grievances
Most of the Declaration deals with grievances against the king.