THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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The government should guarantee every citizen economic security.
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The central government and state governments should have equal power.
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If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that government can be overthrown.
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Rulers derive their right to govern from God and are therefore bound to govern in the nation’s best interest.
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Detailed explanation-1: -If the government denies its people certain basic rights, that governments can be overthrown. “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 pursuit of happiness; . . ."
Detailed explanation-2: -The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular sovereignty, the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will.
Detailed explanation-3: -Although John Locke discussed individual rights as “life, liberty, and property, ” the Declaration of Independence discussed the right of individual rights as “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” “Property” was omitted. The other choices were clearly stated by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.