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Course: Constitution 101 > Unit 2

Lesson 5: Principles of the American Revolution: Equality, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Arts and humanities
Constitution 101
Principles of the American Revolution: The Ideas and Events That Led to Change
Principles of the American Revolution: Equality, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
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“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. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent 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.”
-Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence
Which principles are evident in this paragraph?
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