Are the “natural rights of man" God given rights? Why were these rights of importance to the “Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution? How does Jefferson justify separation of the colonies from England? Does John Locke's Social Contract Theory provide the justification for the American Revolution? Why could the Declaration of Independence be considered a grievance and whose actions are the reason for this grievance?

Are the “natural rights of man" God given rights? Why were these rights of importance to the “Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution? How does Jefferson justify separation of the colonies from England? Does John Locke's Social Contract Theory provide the justification for the American Revolution? Why could the Declaration of Independence be considered a grievance and whose actions are the reason for this grievance?