HISTORY 1010 Analytical Reading The Declaration and Second Treatise (answered)

HISTORY 1010 Analytical Reading The Declaration and Second Treatise (answered). Founding documents are essential for political scientists to help us relate to our government today. As you prepare to read the Declaration from a political science perspective, think about what some of the themes in the Declaration mean to you. What individual rights should a government protect for its people? Life Liberty and property. What should the government provide for the people? (services, education, safety, etc.) The government should provide protection of people and their rights. The people reserve the right to overthrow the government and start a new one. How do the people hold the government accountable? As you read the text, consider how TJ develops an argument for independence that reflects his perspective on the nature and purpose of government. Identify the evidence he uses to support his argument. Think about how Jefferson defines rights and how government relates to those rights. The questions along the way will guide you and help you see the evidence and reasoning Jefferson uses. Highlight/underline the phrase in this paragraph that explains why Jefferson (and the rest of the founders) needed to write this document Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 This study resource was The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, Part 1 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 (force or urge) them to the separation. In your words: Rewrite what Jefferson is saying in this paragraph: The colonies are ending their relationship with England in order to preserve their god given right. shared via CourseHero.com Use context clues to determine what Jefferson means by “Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them..” Jefferson is referring to another statement he made in The Declaration of Independence when he stated “ Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness “ Jefferson believes that these are rights entitled to all humans no strings attatched.