Declaration of Independence & Preamble The Declaration of Independence was written in response to grievances the American colonists

experienced at the hands of the British. As a result, many American democratic values focus on founding

principles such as rights and freedoms. Reread the excerpts from the Declaration of Independence and

the Preamble provided in Task 1. How do these seminal documents reflect American democratic values?

Cite the section of the text that illustrates each principle provided, and list as many ways that are

applicable. Note that the text might not address all of the principles listed.

Founding Principles Declaration of Independence Preamble

equality

liberty

self-government

i want to say death; parole, probation, and fines are still being used all the time.

this headline suggests that midterm congressional   elections are at the corner and trump administration wants to activate his base by vowing to clamp down on immigrants and immigration as trump had said during his election campaign around two years ago. when a baby is born in usa, the baby becomes citizen of usa for 85 years and trump wants to end this rule of birthright citizenship to control illegal immigration and this what he said in an interview""we’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years, with all of those benefits,” "