1. September 24th TO DO: What is Locke talking about?
Write down this quote in your journal & answer the question below:
“For no government can have a right to obedience from a people who have not freely consented to it; which they can never be supposed to do, till…they are put in a full state of liberty to choose their government.”
John Locke
obedience: compliance, follow/listen to without question
liberty: state of being free
What is Locke talking about?
Is this similar to the DOI? Why?

2. Paraphrase: Sometimes in our lives, we need to break away from a government, and if we believe that people have rights just because they are human (life, freedom, pursuit of happiness), in order to be respected we have to give our reasons for why we want to separate from Britain. It is obvious to us that we as humans should be treated the same. Humans are naturally created with certain permanent rights which are provided by god that are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. To ensure such rights governments are established [created] by the people’s consent. If the government becomes corrupted the people have a right to destroy it and to create a new one. The government’s base should focus on protecting the safety and happiness of the people.
Original:
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.
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.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such a form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. 4. 4. 5. 5. 6. 6. 7. 7. 8. 9.

3. It is obvious to us that we as humans should be treated the same.
Explanatory Notes
Critical Commentary
Title: The DOI
Author: first draft TJ
Date: 1776 .
#4:
It is obvious to us that we as humans should be treated the same.
Did Jefferson see all people as equal? Example?
Why did he have this opinion?

4. Who spoke about this same idea? Can you think of a quote?
Explanatory Notes
Critical Commentary
#5:
Humans are naturally created with certain permanent rights which are provided by god that are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
#6:
To ensure such rights governments are established [created] by the people’s consent.
There is a religious reference here, what do you know about Jefferson’s religious beliefs?
Who spoke about this same idea? Can you think of a quote?