The Four Ideals Of The Declaration Of Independence

On July 4th, 1776, the United States of America was born. Almost one year after the revolutionary war, 33 year old Thomas Jefferson was asked to write the first draft of The Declaration of Independence. After multiple revisions and changes, The Declaration of Independence was ratified and put into action. The four main ideals of The Declaration of Independence are natural rights, equality, consent of the governed, and the right to alter or abolish the government. All four ideals are very important to The Declaration of Independence. The most important ideal of The Declaration Of Independence is natural rights, the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

Equality is very important in The Declaration of Independence. In the United States, every citizen is supposed to be given the same opportunity as all other citizens. “ My daughters, like other Americans, had an equal opportunity to succeed” ( Diana Pham ). Diana Pham was saying that when she and her daughters moved to the United States, her daughters were given an opportunity to succeed just like all the other citizens in the United States. Pham’s daughters were equal to all other citizens. All citizens are supposed to always have an equal opportunity to succeed. Just like Diana Pham’s daughters, every citizen is equal in chasing
The United States was born because of the colonists belief in natural rights. In the United States, everyone is equal, has natural rights and always has a say in the government because of the ideals in the Declaration of Independence. Each ideal is important because if one of the ideals was missing in the Declaration of Independence, then the ideals would not work as well as they should. Each ideal is important to the other ideals, and that is what makes the ideals so important to the Declaration of Independence and important to