Name one important idea found in the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 1

How 'bout..."All men are Created Equal"?

Answer 2

Well I just happen to be teaching the answer to this very question in class tomorrow. You see, Sept. 17th is Constitution Day, and by Federal Law, I am required to teach about a topic dealing with our Constitution. My students just got done being tested over the Enlightenment. There are two MAJOR people whose ideas are PIVOTAL to the forming of our Constitution. One of these is the French philosopher Montesquieu. This man used scientific reasoning to come up with a system of government that has seperation of powers. In Montesquieu's government, power is divided into 3 branches: Legislative that makes laws, Executive that carries out the laws, and Judicial that interprets the laws and acts as a referee between the other 2 branches. This is EXACTLY how our government is organized. The other person somebody already mentioned: John Locke. John Locke believed that people should sacrifice some rights to the government in order for them to run things. He called it a contract. As long as the government is fullfilling their end of the contract (keeping things safe, orderly, etc.), then we owe it to them to support them. However, if the government fails at this, then we have the right to overthrow them and form a new one. Locke also preached seperation of Church and State, as well as Freedom of the Press. Hope that helps. Another guy you might try is Hugo Grotius, but that might be a little bit of a reach. Good luck!

Answer 3

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I think you need to look up the enlightenment political philosopher called John Locke. You might also look up a Scotsman named Hume. The ideas they suggested are generally considered important in the development of the US constitution. The English bill of rights was written at the start of the enlightenment period, this might also help.

Answer 4

The Declaration of Independence

Even before the Continental Congress declared independence, most colonies along with some towns, counties, and even private organizations had issued their own declarations. In most cases, these statements detailed British abuses of power and demanded the right of self-government.

On June 8, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to write a declaration of independence and quickly appointed a committee to draft a formal document. But the job of actually writing the draft fell to Thomas Jefferson, mainly because John Adams and other committee members were busy trying to manage the rapidly escalating war with England.


Working off and on while attending to other duties, Jefferson completed his draft of the declaration in a few days. He argued in his opening two paragraphs that a people had the right to overthrow their government when it abused their fundamental natural rights over a long period of time. Then in a direct attack on King George, Jefferson listed 20 instances when the king violated the rights of the American colonists. Having thoroughly laid out his proof that the king was a "tyrant" who was "unfit to be the ruler of a people," Jefferson continued on to condemn the British people. "These unfeeling brethren," he wrote, had reelected members of Parliament who had conspired with the king to destroy the rights of the colonists. Jefferson ended his draft by stating, "we do assert and declare these colonies to be free and independent states. . . ."

Answer 5

I will name you 2... The founding fathers said that "These truths are self evident" 1 All men are "CREATED" equal.. and 2 They are ENDOWED.. with inalienable rights... This means that equality and rights were given by a higher power .. Jefferson would have called it "Providence" ..... The point is .. If there is no Creator then there is no endowment of rights... You would not have a basis on which to claim equality or rights other than what those in power decide that you have.

Answer 6

"All white men created equal" notice it says white men meaning no dark skin and no women (we studied the meaning of that quote in school years ago and it always stuck with me)