The Founding Fathers were strong supporters and promoters of republican ideas and were very involved in the development of the American political system. “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, – that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.. “ The Declaration of Independence talks about how important it is to have a government and if it's not what the people want, they should be able to get rid of it and form a government that they think is suitable. Thomas Jefferson talks about the need for independence from Great Britain. The way in which Jefferson talks about the will