 Preamble ◦ What this letter will be about  Declaration of Natural Rights ◦ What rights God gave us and you took away.  List of Grievances ◦ Things you did to us that we are mad about.  Resolution ◦ We are free from you, forming our own government, so there.

 John Locke stated that all men, regardless of social class, are born with natural rights, including the right to life, liberty, and property.

 John Locke added that if a country violates any of these natural rights, one has the right to rebel against their government and start a revolution. ◦ Complete circle of change

 Popular Sovereignty means that a country, state, or local government is able to make laws for themselves, with only limited influence from a higher governing body.

 Rousseau and Locke both argued that all men enter into a social contract when they are born. ◦ People and governments enter into a contract with each other. The people follow the rules of the gov’t, in return, the gov’t protects people’s natural rights.

 Using your graphic organizer and the Declaration of Independence, your group will search the DOI for instances where these themes are present. ◦ I have broken it down into two parts for times’ sake, the Preamble and the List of Grievances.