Today in class... the Declaration of Independence.

Part 1:
The first part of the Declaration of Independence was called the Preamble. This part basically stated that everyone is created equal and that all men have "unalienable rights" that no one can take away such as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". By nature and by God you have these rights that you were born with. It also explained basically that because of the abuses that they have endured, they also have the right to overthrow the government.

Part 2:
This part basically explains all over the abuses that the colonists have had to deal with that the King had put upon them. It says that they have suffered 27 abuses form the King. For example, some of the abuses had to do with not having representation in the government and therefore the government had become a tyrannical authority. Another example of an abuse would be the unnecessary taxes and other things that the colonists were forced to provide to the British such as the Quartering Acts.

Part 3:
This smaller part of the D.O.I. is the colonists explaining to the King that they have used peaceful ways to voice their opinions such as protests and boycotts, but these had only led to more abuse, and for these reasons they basically had no choice but to become their own nation.

Part 4:
This part basically states that the Second Continental Congress now represents the colonists and the new nation called the United States of America. The new country can do anything any other country can do such as trade, form alliances, and even declare war against another country. At the very bottom it has all of the signature of all the reps. from all of the 13 colonies.