secure for the people and their natural rights
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To provide a detailed outline of the government of the new nation
To secure our unalienable Rights. Among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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The second group of delegates from the colonies was far from unified, but represented the first attempt at a republican government for the colonies. The purpose of the Second Continental Congress was for the making of the Declaration of Independence.
According to the Declaration of Independence, the purpose of the government is to secure natural rights for the people. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration, borrowed this idea and many others from the work of political philosopher John Locke.