Sentence:  Independence Day is the appropriate date as a symbolical reminder of the American article of faith that governments are instituted among men to secure to them certain inalienable rights , the first of which is life , and when any government becomes subversive of that end , it is the right of the people to <WSD>alter</WSD> or abolish it . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  cause to change; make different; cause a transformation