Wrongs declared by the Declaration of Independence
King George II, gave the colonists plenty of motivation to declare independence from Britain. The Second portion of the Declaration of Independence listed the alleged crimes of the king, who had violated his “contract” with the colonists and thus gave up all claim to their loyalty. The Declaration of Independence lists eighteen specific violations of the king. The Declaration was based on philosophies by John Locke which stated that all people were born with the rights to life, liberty and property. The colonists felt that by listing the violations of these rights by the king and British parliament, they had justified reasons to declare independence.
The thirteenth violation listed in the Declaration of Independence was the
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