Analysis of the Declaration of Independence

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political

bands which have connected them with another, a decent respect requires that they 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, and among these, life, liberty, and

the pursuit of happiness.

To secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from

the consent of the governed.

And whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right

of people to alter or to abolish it and to establish new government.

We therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, do, and with the authority

of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare that these united colonies

are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved of all allegiance

to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great

Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.

In the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine

providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

Thank you.

Thank you.