USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
rights that cannot be taken away
A
unalienable rights
B
natural rights
C
just powers
D
consent of the governed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -All persons are free by nature and are equal in their inherent and inalienable rights. Among these rights are the enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and the acquiring and possessing of property.

Detailed explanation-2: -We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Inalienable describes things, especially rights, that cannot be taken away, denied, or transferred to another person. Inalienable means the same thing as unalienable, which is no longer in common use.

Detailed explanation-4: -While there are important rights held by Americans and other citizens of democracies around the world that are not considered inalienable-such as the right to a trial by jury and even the right to own property-the most important are inalienable because they cannot be given or taken away by a government.

Detailed explanation-5: -Those natural rights examples found in the U.S. Bill of Rights would be freedoms of religion, speech, assembly, privacy, and equality under the law. By virtue of being born, these rights are unalienable.

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