Possibly the most well-known document to citizens nationwide is the Declaration of Independence—the document that created the United States and provided the foundation for many of the rights we have today. The themes in the Declaration of Independence are ones that can still apply to the generation of teenagers and young adults in the 21st century. Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness are seen as the most important rights in America. The right to say that your life is your own, no one else’s, the right to be free and not controlled by authority or the government, and the right to be happy. There are many organizations fighting for equal rights because they feel that by not getting these equal rights, it violates them having one of the three
