Great Britain's Failure Of The Declaration Of Independence

As Thomas Jefferson proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence, all men are entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and when a government impinges on these rights, it the responsibility of the people to form a new government. The British government committed several acts that exemplified its failure in fulfilling its mission of securing the unalienable rights including taxation without representation, Boston Massacre, and the Intolerable Acts. As a result of Britain’s failure to protect the colonists’ political freedoms, economic wellbeing, and safety, it is the duty of the colonists to declare independence and fight as the British government failed to protect the colonists’ unalienable rights.
Although Great Britain has a history of providing political freedoms to its citizens, the British government did not honor the political freedoms of the American colonists. Britain taxed the colonists without having representation in Parliament. They enacted many …show more content…
As a result of the Boston Massacre, many colonists lost their lives when British fired into a crowd of colonists. Next, the British provoked, attacked, and killed many colonists at Lexington and Concord. The king encouraged the Native Americans to attack colonists on the frontier lands. The colonists’ right to live in safety was adversely affected by the actions of the British government.
The colonist repeatedly tried to address their grievances through peaceful measures such as boycotts and petitions, such as the Olive Branch Petition. However, King George and the Parliament violated the colonists’ political freedoms, failed to protect their economic well-being, and their safety. As Jefferson stated, it is the duty of every citizen to overthrow a cruel government that does not protect the unalienable rights and to form a new one that does. Therefore, the colonists have no choice but to fight for their