The Declaration of Independence argued that: the British parliament and population were to blame for the evils imposed upon the colonists people should revolt when they suffer deep injustices. people should always work peacefully within the system to redress any grievances they have nations are indivisible and a people must never secede from their mother nation.
The Declaration of Independence argued that "people should revolt when they suffer deep injustices." This reflected the Enlightenment ideal of popular sovereignty, in which the government was meant to serve the people.