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Name Two of the Rights in the Declaration of Independence?

The holy triumvirate in the Declaration are:

  • Life
  • Liberty
  • pursuit of happiness

Me, I remember the first two in my immigration test reviews, because they both begin with L.

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Life and Liberty, Bayyybeee
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The Declaration of Independence did what?

The Declaration of Independence didn’t just launch a thousand seasonal firework stores at the city limits all around the United States. Oh no. Originally it was about red coats no longer being fashionable – and not just some change in sartorial vogues. It was the expulsion of the British as rulers of the original colonies:

It announced our independence from Great Britain.

As you might say in your naturalization interview.

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Independence from GB