U.S.-History-Sourcebook---Basic

http://www.ck12.org Chapter 3. The Early Republic

(8 & 9) He has refused to establish courts of justice, and has made judges dependent on him for their jobs and
salaries.

(10) He has sent swarms of British officers to harass our people and eat our food.

(11 & 12) He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies, without the consent of our legislatures; he has
tried to make the military independent of, and superior to, the local, civil power.

(14 & 15) For keeping large bodies of armed troops among us; For protecting them, by a mock trial, from punishment
for any murders which they should commit on the colonists;

(16) For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world;

(17) For imposing taxes on us without our consent;

(18) For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury;

(21) For abolishing our most valuable laws, and fundamentally changing the forms of our governments;

(23 & 24) He is waging war against us; He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and
destroyed the lives of our people.

(27) He has started fights among us and has also forced us to live near merciless Indian savages, who only destroy
all ages, sexes, and conditions.

(28) He has ignored all of our humble efforts to address these problems.

We hold these truths to beself-evident, that all men are created equal, that they areendowed by their Creator with
certaininalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Thattosecure these rights,
governments areinstituted among men,deriving their just powers from theconsent of the governed. That whenever
any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and
to institute new government.

Vocabulary

self-evident

obvious

endowed

given

inalienable

cannot be taken away

to secure

to get

instituted

established

deriving

getting

consent

agreement