1. The Declaration of Independence 1776

6. MAIN POINTS

7. The nature of fair government recognizes that people are born with certain rights and that a government is formed to protect these rights

8. King George III and the British Government behaved unfairly. The Declaration lists many insults, taxes, and other problems the colonists had put with over the years of British rule.

9. The colonies intended to form a new nation.

10. The United States of America