Question

What does “all men are created equal” mean? *

the American colonists, as a people, had NO same rights of self-government as other peoples, and hence could declare independence, create new government
the American colonists, as a people, had the same rights of self-government as other peoples, and hence could declare independence, create new government

Answer 1

What he really meant was that the American colonists, as a people, had the same rights of self-government as other peoples, and hence could declare independence, create new governments and assume their “separate and equal station” among other nations

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