What argument do the authors of the Declaration of Independence make? A.The king should apologize to the colonists because he ha
s not protected their freedom. B.The colonists should separate from Britain because Britain does not protect the colonists' rights. C.Britain should create a new government for the colonists because the current government is not sufficient. D.The writers of the declaration should rule the colonies because they can do a better job than Britain.
The best answer is . B.The colonists should separate from Britain because Britain does not protect the colonists' rights. The resulting Declaration of Independence introduced the radical concept that “all men are created equal” in terms of their God-given right to maintain governments of their own choosing. This represented a compelling restatement of John Locke’s contract theory of government—the theory, in Jefferson’s words, that governments derive “their just Powers from the consent of the people,” who are entitled to “alter or abolish” those governments that deny people their “unalienable rights” to “life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
