Declaration of Independence by Emma Coker https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7 en-us 2018-01-24 18:05:12 UTC 2023-09-10 06:34:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png What is the purpose of government? emma_coker https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224360084 The purpose of government is to ensure the peoples' rights. The government receives its power from "the consent of the governed", or the people of the country. "It is the right of the people to alter or abolish" their government, if that power is taken advantage of.]]> 2018-01-24 18:09:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224360084 If the government does not fulfill its purpose, then what can the people do? jordan_phason https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224360463 The people have the right to abolish/get rid of the government if the government does not fulfill its purpose.]]> 2018-01-24 18:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224360463 What rights do people have according to this document? molli_smith https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224360497 According to this document, the people have certain rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ]]> 2018-01-24 18:10:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224360497 Who has the power in government? What phrase in this document tells you that? idollis_bouie https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224367132 The government gets its power from the people of the country. 
The phrase that tells me this states, " That to secure these rights, Government are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."]]> 2018-01-24 18:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_coker/s7pks1972aw7/wish/224367132