The other twelve colonies joined Virginia (which had already seceded alone and of her own accord) in seceding from the British Empire.
And it does not require all the people or even a majority of their totality to have this right. (The people of England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Bermuda, Jamaica, India etc. had no desire to institute a new government in 1776). A subset have this right.
The most American of principles: if the government becomes destructive of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the people have the right to abolish that government.certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, ... whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
And it does not require all the people or even a majority of their totality to have this right. (The people of England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Bermuda, Jamaica, India etc. had no desire to institute a new government in 1776). A subset have this right.
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