USA HISTORY

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

“Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it.” What important idea does this language express?

A	Popular Sovereignty
B	Unalienable Rights
C	Natural Rights
D	Social Contract

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaration’s fourth and final self-evident truth is that when a government destroys rather than secures its citizens’ unalienable rights, those citizens have a right to revolution. This follows logically from the preceding principles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Montesquieu did not describe a social contract as such. But he said that the state of war among individuals and nations led to human laws and government. Montesquieu wrote that the main purpose of government is to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual.

Detailed explanation-3: -While social contract theory does not tell people how they ought to behave, it does provide a basis to understand why society has implemented rules, regulations, and laws. If not for the social contract theory, our understanding of the need for these rules would be limited.

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