Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. These are great words to hear! They are all part of our Declaration of Independence. But, why was it written? The Declaration of Independence was written to declare the freedom of the thirteen colonies and to give the world an explanation of why they separated from Great Britain. In the 1700's Great Britain did not have a good form of government. The colonies believed that if they could separate from Great Britain that they could form their own government. That government would be one that would be better than Great Britain's and they succeeded! I agree with everything the colonies did and I am very grateful to them. The colonies decided to separate from Great Britain because King George and his form of government were not protecting their rights. The colonies felt that they owed an explanation to the world of why they separated from the richest country in the world and the strongest military, Great Britain. They felt it was nature that gave them the right to separate form Great Britain, and it was nature that justified the separation because, although Great Britain was the richest country in the world and had the strongest military, they still mistreated the colonies and did not protect their rights. The colonies felt they could protect the rights of the people by instituting a government that was derived from the consent of the people.
             The government that the people put into place was for the people and made up of the people. Therefore, the government was aware of the rights of its citizens and better able to protect those rights. On the other hand, Great Britain was a government made up of a monarchy, the King. The King was not aware of the need the people had of protection of their rights. Instead of protecting the peoples' rights, King George violated their rights. The colonies believed in Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. Whereas, King Geor...