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| Ideal situation in which all people are treated the same way and valued equally, was the exception, not the rule. One of the five ideals of the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Rights are powers or privileges granted to people either by an agreement among themselves or by law. Americans believed they were entitled to the "rights of Englishmen." Also, one of five idals in the Declaration of Independence. |
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| The chance for people to pursue their hopes and dreams. One of the five idelas on the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Liberty also know for freedom. For many, lierty meant political freedom, or the right to take part in public affairs. It also meant civil liberty, or protection from the power of government to interfere in one's life. Other colonists saw liberty as moral and religious freedom. |
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| System of government founded on the simple principle that the power to rule comes from the consent of the governed. Last of the five ideas in the Decliration of Independence. |
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