Injustice warranted the response of both the English Barons and the American Colonists. The Barons restructured their government to create an entity to permanently uphold the rights of the British subjects. Unlike the British, the Americans chose to completely disband itself from a monarchial form of government because of its continual association with abuse of powers and an absence of checks and balances. The founding fathers structured their Declaration of Independence on the concept that “sovereignty resided in the people, who submitted voluntarily to laws and authorities in exchange for protection of their life, liberty, and property.” Therefore, “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [inalienable rights], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,” the government is truly monitored by the governed. The American founding fathers endeavored to avoid the mistakes of their British predecessor by excluding the absolute position of a monarch. Any American ruler serving under the Declaration of Independence would henceforth be subject to the principles of the
Injustice warranted the response of both the English Barons and the American Colonists. The Barons restructured their government to create an entity to permanently uphold the rights of the British subjects. Unlike the British, the Americans chose to completely disband itself from a monarchial form of government because of its continual association with abuse of powers and an absence of checks and balances. The founding fathers structured their Declaration of Independence on the concept that “sovereignty resided in the people, who submitted voluntarily to laws and authorities in exchange for protection of their life, liberty, and property.” Therefore, “whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends [inalienable rights], it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,” the government is truly monitored by the governed. The American founding fathers endeavored to avoid the mistakes of their British predecessor by excluding the absolute position of a monarch. Any American ruler serving under the Declaration of Independence would henceforth be subject to the principles of the