A Declaration of Independence

In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies of North America announced that henceforward they owed no allegiance to the British crown. In a Declaration of Independence, they explained that the task of government was to protect life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and that when government harmed these things the people were justified in taking matters into their own hands.

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