Problem
A. Among its listing of self-evident truths, the Declaration holds that "all men are created equal." What role did equality and being equal play in that time period?
B. What role does equality play today in the U. S.?
C. Should the right to revolt have been included in a founding document such as the Declaration of Independence? Give reasons for and against.
D. How did the colonial grievances frame the conditions set forth in the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence?
E. Great Britain had provided trade, security and a great deal of independence to the colonies. Did the grievances of the Declaration of Independence justify the colonies in declaring their independence?
F. The colonists saw each colony as an independent unit. How could they be seen as one people? Should they have been seen as one people?
G. In looking at the entire Declaration of independence, what are ten of the most important concepts that we might expect to be included in the Constitution that would be written in 1787?