Ⅰ.THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 3
Ⅱ.HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF THE DECLARATION:THE NATURAL RIGHTS PHILOSOPHY 24
Ⅲ.HISTORICAL ANTECEDENTS OF THE DECLARATION:THEORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 80
Ⅳ.DRAFTING THE DECLARATION 135
Ⅴ.THE LITERARY QUALITIES OF THE DECLARATION 194
Ⅵ.THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE DECLARATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 224