"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
The history of the present King of Great Britain (George II) is a history of
repeated injuries..., all having in direct object the establishment of an
absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to
a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary
for the public good
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual,
uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the
consent of our legislatures ...:
-Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
Which part of the Declaration of Independence
does the second half of this
passage represent?
the list of grievances
the statement about the rights of men
the official claim of colonial independence
the argument for the colonists' right to revolt