The Declaration of Independence, Natural Rights, and Slavery Glossary
Glossary terms are listed in the order in which they appear.
| Preamble | introduction |
| Natural rights theory | Belief that certain rights such as life, liberty, and property belong to humans by nature and can only be justly abridged through due process |
| dissolve | Get rid of |
| Laws of Nature | Natural law or the natural order |
| impel | urge |
| self-evident | obvious |
| endowed | given |
| unalienable | Impossible to take away; another term for natural rights |
| instituted | established |
| deriving | receiving |
| abolish | Get rid of |
| institute | Set up or establish |
| King George III | The King of Great Britain during and in the years preceding the American Revolution |
| incur | suffer |
| thither | To a place |
| almanac | An annual publication that lists important dates and information such as tide tables, astronomical data, and items of general interest |
| abhorrence | Feeling of hatred or disgust |
| invaluable | Extremely important |
| valuation | Value or worth |
| conferred | given |
| brethren | friends |
