"That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it"

Do you know what famous document this line is from? This line is from one of the most treasured and symbolic documents not only in our country but in the world. This line is from the second paragraph of The Declaration Of Independence. But what does this line mean? In order to fully understand we must go back to the time that this document was written. The Declaration was published in 1776 by the second continental congress. By writing this form the English colonies declared complete independence and separation from England. In other words they succeeded from the British empire. But why did they? Well, their are many reasonable causes for The Declaration of Independence. One of them was taxes. It wasn't necessarily the taxes themselves that upset the colonies but the fact that they were not being represented in Parliament which in their opinion made these taxes illegal. Another reason for the colonies wanting independence was the ridiculous acts the British imposed on them. One of these acts was the The Boston Port Act which closed the port of Boston until the city paid for the tea they had destroyed in the Boston Tea Party. So, what these men are trying to say is that if the government gets out of control, corrupt, unjust or denies its citizens their rights it is the peoples job and duty to en state a new government. Wouldn't you say that our government is doing all of these things? Why then are we not doing our JOB and DUTY by en stating a new government or completely destroying the one we currently have??? We can even relate some of our current problems back to the colonists. For example, the colonists complained of taxation without representation. Sure we have state representatives but let me ask you, do you really think that your representative is looking out for your and your benefit? Of course he isn't. He just wants to make sure he gets re-elected and get another bonus. And we come back to the same question, why are we not full filling our JOB and DUTY. So, do you think the founding fathers who wrote this document would be im pressed? If you would like to learn more about The Declaration Of Independence go to this website:

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm