tor with inherent and inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness: that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles , and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness"(Jefferson, 25).
             Much of the rest of the Declaration of Independence concerns various errors and problems related to the British King George III; therefore, expressing the reasons for the separation from Great Britain. Even though the Declaration of Independence is not a written legal document, it still expresses what the colonists felt in their heart and minds. Still today we aim to fulfill these ideals that were so poetically expressed by Jefferson.
             Richard Henry Lee was a Virginia congressman. He served in the Virginia House of Burges
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