The Consent to Be Governed
The Consent to be Governed
In all things through law or basic communication there is to be consent. Without consent you have no true government. The people want to be ruled as a united front, not ruled over. The most important idea or belief of the Declaration of Independence is Consent to Govern. Without consent there is hatred and revolting, the people want control; Not to be controlled over.
Britain had a strong grip over the United States. The citizens had no control over what the taxes were, the laws, the policies. The writers of The Declaration of Independence made sure to state that the citizens wanted the right to have say in government. “The most fundamental concept of democracy is the idea that government exists to secure the rights of the people and must be based on the consent to govern.”(Document C) There were representatives that were chosen to represent a group of people or state in the best way possible. First created was a strong state government to give the people more control over the laws, policies, taxes, and money. However, there was a lack of central government. Because of fear of being ruled over again, the people decided that there was to be no head of government. However, the people soon realized that they, the people, still had control even if a head of government was to be chosen to create a more unified country. This in turn gave the people the idea and right to alter or abolish parts of the government.
The people now have the right to consent, but also have the right to alter or abolish the government. In order to achieve this, the people must have the right to chose what the government has control over. Everything takes place under the most important ideal. If the people do not like the way the government is being ran, it can be altered, it can be replaced or it can be gotten rid of. “Created by the Will of the American People, it rejects unconstitutional domination by the Government that is supposed to be its servant.” (Document D) This ideal limits the power that the government has for ruling the United States.
Unalienable rights are given by simply living. Now as this might seem like the most important aspect of government, it isn’t. Without a government that allows these unalienable rights