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EMERGENCE OF USA

FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES

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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 to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government ____ The excerpt above is taken from the-
A
Magna Carta
B
Bill of Rights
C
Declaration of Independence
D
U.S. Constution
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Excerpts from The Declaration of Independence, 1776 “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-2: -The central claim that “all men are created equal” had profound implications for the American regime of liberty. The “self-evident truth” of human equality meant that humans had equal natural rights, equally gave their consent to create a republican government, had equal dignity, and were equal under the law.

Detailed explanation-3: -The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence starts as follows: “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.

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