We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable In 1776, thomas jefferson went on to define america’s “one people” in terms of three shining ideas That all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness
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That to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from.
On july 4, 1776, when the continental congress adopted the historic text drafted by thomas jefferson, they did not intend it to mean individual equality
The declaration laid out the colonists’ grievances against the british crown, accusing it of violating their rights It famously stated that “all men are created equal”, with inherent rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” “when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,” the first sentence of the declaration of independence begins