AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
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Question
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Even though the British government (Parliament) has benefited the colonists, the colonists still deserve their own government.
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It is not ideal to get rid of governments that have been established for a long time.
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The British government (Parliament) should have control of the colonists because it has been established longer.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The introductory sentence states the Declaration’s main purpose, to explain the colonists’ right to revolution. In other words, “to declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” Congress had to prove the legitimacy of its cause.
Detailed explanation-2: -The second portion of the document describes how King George III had disregarded those natural rights to establish a tyranny over the colonies, and sets up a justification for American independence.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the second paragraph of the declaration, Jefferson stated his key ideas. He wrote that “all men are created equal.” And they have “unalienable rights.” These rights are “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” He wrote that governments are set up to protect these rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jefferson based the Declaration on the theory of natural rights, which argued that every human being has certain basic rights that belong to the person by virtue of his or her being human.