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Declaration of Independence Principles Tested

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Declaration of Independence Principles Tested

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Declaration of Independence states that the people have a right to “alter or abolish” government  when it does not meet their needs.

Shays wanted to alter government because it was not meeting the citizens’ needs. The government did not pay him for his service and now they wanted to take his land away because he couldn’t pay his taxes.

Today, we see protests in the United States for rights for equality, to change government and for our climate. We had a group, on January 6, 2021,that wanted to alter or abolish the government. The day started as a protest and ended in an insurrection by the group wanting to change what they believe was a fraudulent presidential election. The group wanted to stop the vote by the Electoral College.

What is your perspective on Americans altering or abolishing their government by protesting?

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Americans trying to alter or abolish their government by protesting  should/should not allowed because _________________________.  Altering or abolishing the government ideas were created so that ______________________ and should/shouldn't be allowed today_______________(claim and explanation.) An example of this is _____________________________ (example).

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Mob Storms U.S. Capitol, Disrupting Electoral Vote Count

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People should have the right to alter or abolish the government by protesting as long as their protests are respectful. If protesters are not being respectful however, they should not be allowed to make changes in the government. As American citizens we have the right to make changes to our government through peaceful protests, but if protests turn violent that right should be revoked and they should not be allowed to protest to change the government.

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The declaration of independence has said that "the people have the right to abolish the government" when they aren't meeting their needs, I personally agree with this because people should have a voice that should be heard. After all, this is a democratic country. Although it is, we shouldn't abuse this right. On January 6 2021, the capital was broken into by a riot for not fitting the people's needs. I believe that is very immature way to solve a disagreement. Although I do agree on the right I believe we should solve the problem in a not so harmful or violent way.

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I think that people should have the right to alter or abolish. I think this because as long as they are being peaceful and respectful they should be able to stand up for what they think. For example if the protest was as aggressive as the one on Janurary 6, 2021 then it should no longer be aloud due to the amout of violence. If we aloud this to continuethe violence could keep increasing. I just think if they are more respectful more change will be made.

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I believe that people should have to right to alter or abolish. As long as citizens are being peaceful and respectful during these Since we are citizens of America we should be able to have representation and opinions in our nation.-Gregory Pappas

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I think people should have the right to alter and abolish for something they believe is right. I do not think people should be allowed to do it if they are using violence to get their point across because it does not help fix any problems it just makes more people angry. When people use the right to alter and abolish they can use it in a harmful way that does not make the United States better. I do not think the riot into the capital was not right or okay because they were abusing the rights that they had and using it to harm others.

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I believe that people should be able to alter or abolish the government, as long as it is done in a state of peaceful protesting. I believe that people should have the right to do this, if they don't like something about the government they should have a right to try to make changes about it. Since we are citizens of America we should be able to have representation and opinions in our nation.

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I believe that people should have to right to alter or abolish. As long as citizens are being peaceful and respectful during these protests, there is nothing wrong with what they are doing.

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I believe that people should have the right to alter or abolish but we need to have more terms with that.Just saying someone can alter and abolish is way to broad and can lead to things getting out of hand.So yes we should be able to do it but we need to make things safer.

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I think that people should have the right to alter or abolish. As long as it is a peacful protest, I feel like there is nothing wrong with having the right to alter or abolish.

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I think people should be able to alter or abolish as long as they keep it peaceful and respectful but the violent protesting should not be tolerated. Peaceful protesting is usually the way to go but sometimes violence is better but in this situation it could've been handled in a more responsible way. If this violent protesting continues I think we should make changes involving this right.

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I believe that people should have the right to alter or abolish but we need to have more terms.

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I think that the right "the people have the right to abolish the government" is still good, peaceful protests solve problems all around the world, but violent protests just make more problems :)

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I think that people should have the right to abolish they just have to do it in a peaceful manner because if you dont it could lead to people getting hurt even some people may die

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I think that we should be able to be able to alter or abolish the government. I think that the way these people did it was wrong because it was violent and it was scary. As long as it is peaceful and civil it is a ok.

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I think that people should have the right to alter/abolish the government if it's not meeting their needs. The US government stands for democracy and freedom of speech, so the people should be able to voice their opinions. I however wouldn't support the idea of using violence to do this. The riot in the video was not a good way to try and change things. But if the power to rule comes from the people, they should be able to voice their opinions.

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I disagree with the mob on the Capital, I do believe in protest and the right to speak your voice freely, but destroying a building is harsh and a waste of taxpayer money. We need to understand things won't be perfect and we need to come to a common opinion.

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I think that people should have the rights to alter or to abolish. As long as they are being peaceful. I do not think that people while protesting to abolish should not be able to use violence like that, it is unreasonable. In some situations i think that violence is the key, but in this case it could have been handel in a much more responsible. I think that they were they were overusing their rights to protest, and were abusing the sustoms.

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I think that people should have the right to alter or abolish their government as long as it is done peacefully and safely without harming anyone, especially if the person is a big part of our government. When the actions they are taking to alter or abolish then it becomes something else that does not help us get anywhere as a country

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I believe that it is a little outdated. In recent events, it was used extremely and harshly and as an excuse to commence violence in a immature way. It is the 21'st century and such methods should be changed to something more humane, fitting into our modern standards more.
However, America was founded on the idea of freedom of speech and the idea of citizens to have some control over the government and its choices, so they weren't necessarily going against the country directly. But it was still a poor attempt at protesting and ultimately failed.

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I believe that people should have the right to alter & abolish the government, Protesting has been an effective way of changing higher people (people with more power) opinions on certain topics and I think that people should have the right to voice their opinion on almost everything, this shouldn't be abused in such a way of turning a peaceful protest to into a violent riot, violent riots destroys the reputation of protesters. protests should be kept peaceful.

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I agree that people should be able to alter or abolish their government. If people want to change their governments and their in the US then they can do whatever they want. However, I do not think they need to be peaceful because unless it's every citizen from the US that wants to change it then it would not work. The people should be ready to make sacrifices if they want things to change. An example is the Revolutionary war if they were nice and respectful nothing would have changed for them.

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I agree that the people should have the right to abolish the government if its not serving the people, but i don't agree with killing somebody because of an opinion (vice president) if you want things to be changed do it the right way without hurting anybody.

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Americans trying to alter or abolish their government by protesting should be allowed as long as it is a peaceful protest because it can protect the people from a corrupt government.  Altering or abolishing the government ideas were created so that the government could not be too powerful and corrupt and shouldn't be allowed today if they are corrupt. An example of this is Great Britain because when the colonist felt that king George was unfit as a ruler, they went to abolish it and create their own government.

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I agree that people should have the right to abolish and peaceful protest as long as it doesn turn into a riot.

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I agree with abolish but to many people are getting hurt they should have more rules so no one gets hurt so they can work it out and fix the problem.

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I agree with how the government responded because of the harm that was caused. People should be able to share their opinions but not be able to kill someone that did not have anything to do with it (vice president).

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I think that if you don't like how the government is doing things you should be able to abolish it or do a peaceful protest and used your voice to change it, but I think that if you are protesting something it should be a protest that could impact a bigger audience as well as benefit a bigger audience.

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I agree that protests are good because they can create change to help people. Protesting that benefit our nation rather than just a group of people is good.

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I believe that americans should have the right to alter or abolish. If a person in office isn't meeting the needs of the citizens then it should be allowed for them to say what they want to say and try to remove the person from office. The ability to control how our government works and who is in office has always been an ability of the citizens since it is the power of a democratic government comes from the governed.