Analysis of the Declaration of Independence
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A source analysis worksheet exploring the key ideas and significance of the Declaration of Independence through primary source analysis.
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Analysis of the Declaration of Independence
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Primary Source Analysis: The Declaration of Independence
Source A: Excerpt from 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, 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..."
"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..."
"And for 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."
Provenance: Thomas Jefferson, 1776, Draft of the Declaration of Independence
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