![]() ![]() Based on so many despotic activities of this government, he declares that America should get independence of colonial government and requested American people to revolt against the colony. Similarly, Jefferson also criticizes the colonial government, which has also dismissed the senates, the representatives of the people, the judges of the courts, and it caused communal war between black and white Americans. This government had destroyed the ports in America, people were levied heavy taxation, the economic source of the people were exploited, machinery was hired to operate the people and false closed laws were registered against the American people, who did not support the government of George III. Instead of giving protection of life, the colonial government destroyed the life of the people, it suppressed the people and it seized the happiness of the people. ![]() It did not protect or preserve the inalienable rights of the people. For example, it was the despotic government and it was not formed by the consent of the people, it did not represent the people. So this concept is also called Jefferson’s revolutionary vision.Īfter making this theory about unalienable human rights and the functions of the British colonial government in America under the kingship of George III, this government is criticized by Jefferson in different ways. He thinks that the revolution of the people can abolish the despotic government and they can form the true preserver of human rights. Jefferson believes on the supreme power of people and he believes on revolutions. ![]() The secondary function of the government is that it should establish diplomatic relationship with other states or cut off the existing relationships. Primarily the government should preserve the inalienable human rights which is the primary or basic function of government. If a government does not become the preserver of these means, if it becomes despotic, people have their right to abolish such government and form another government. What Jefferson further says that government can be autocratic or despotic, and it may not become the preserver or protector of human rights. This concept of government discussed by Jefferson is similar with the product of social contract theory. He says that to protect life, liberty and happiness people make an agreement among themselves and they form a government, which would preserve their rights. For the protection or preservation of such unalienable rights, individuals make consent of forming an organization, which is the formation of the government. In Jefferson’s opinion all of us have such rights that are given by nature so these rights are also called unalienable rights of the people. The right of life, the right of protecting life, right of liberty, is the right of enjoying freedom and the right of happiness means the right of searching happiness to everyone. In other words, he says that naturally, all men are created equal and all have the natural rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. In this writing, Jefferson describes about the law of nature and says that nature has created all men equal and freedom is the blessing of all human beings. ![]()
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