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These amendments are known as the bill of rights.
Declaration of independence human rights. Find the foundation of universal human rights in american history through the writing of the constitution of the united states the declaration of independence and the bill of rights. Learn more about how the united nations continues to defend these tenets of equal rights worldwide. A list of grievances against the british king. The united states declaration of independence is the pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at the pennsylvania state house now known as independence hall in philadelphia pennsylvania on july 4 1776 the declaration explained why the thirteen colonies at war with the kingdom of great britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer.
Drafted by representatives with different legal. And the declaration of independence from england. Declaration of independence a continental congress representing 13 of the british colonies in north america declared independence from british rule. Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness is a well known phrase in the united states declaration of independence.
The declaration was drafted by the abbé sieyès and the marquis de lafayette in consultation with thomas jefferson. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french. Déclaration des droits de l homme et du citoyen de 1789 set by france s national constituent assembly in 1789 is a human civil rights document from the french revolution. Constitution does not mention unalienable or natural rights but the first 10 amendments to the constitution list the basic rights of americans.
The declaration contained 3 sections. The declaration of independence says that among these rights are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness the u s. The declaration consists of 30 articles. The declaration of independence constitutes the founding document of the united states of america and is one of the most important documents in the history of political philosophy.
A general statement of natural rights theory and the purpose of government. The unanimous declaration of the thirteen united states of america 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 phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the declaration says have been given to all humans by their creator and which governments are created to protect.