Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness these are the principles that founded this great country. This can be seen all throughout the early ages of America from the Declaration of independence to the Crisis by Thomas Paine, to the speech in the Virginia convention. Many principles of which America was built upon appear in one of if not the most important documents written in American History. The Declaration of independence, like stated before literally, states all of the principles on which America was built. Liberty or the law of nature as better stated by Mr. Jefferson was the main principle above all this meant that the government was there to protect the citizens from any injustices and provide freedom. The government during this
