Question

according to the Declaration of Independence when do the people have the right to overthrow their government

Answer 1

The Declaration of Independence was the document that declared the U.S. Thirteen Colonies free from the rule of the Kingdom of Great Britain and with full independence and sovereignty. In the Preamble of the document, Thomas Jefferson (Its author) holds that people have the right to alter or overthrow their government and institute a new one not for "light and transient causes" but when the government becomes destructive, when it does not longer secure people's right of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness and it rules under absolute despotism.

Answer 2

When the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the people.