LITERATURE QUESTIONS
PURITAN LITERATURE
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Question
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According to the “Declaration of Independence, “ why are governments created?
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to declare war on other nations
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to protect people’s unalienable rights
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to create taxes for income
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to conquer other lands
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The second sentence of the second section of the Declaration states, “That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men . . . .” According to the Declaration, people establish governments in order to ensure that their rights are guaranteed and protected; that is the purpose of government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inalienable or unalienable refers to that which cannot be given away or taken away.
Detailed explanation-3: -Human beings never lose their unalienable rights-though they can be violated-because such rights are essential to the dignity and capacity for freedom that are woven into human nature. In contrast, positive rights are created by, and can only exist in, civil society.
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