■高校英単語(American History 11_5)
出典: Voice of America > Learning English > U.S. History
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The next part states why the American colonies decided to separate from Britain:
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it.

This is why the Americans were rebelling against England. The British believed the Americans were violating their law. Jefferson rejected this idea. He claimed that the British treatment of the American colonies violated the natural laws of God. He and others believed a natural law exists that is more powerful than a king.

The idea of a natural law had been developed by British and French philosophers more than one hundred years earlier. Jefferson had studied these philosophers in school. In later years, however, he said he did not re-read these ideas while he was writing the Declaration. He said the words came straight from his heart.
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