The correct answer is D) rights that should be protected by the government.
Natural rights are rights that all citizens have, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, etc. These natural rights are supposed to be protected by the government. In order to protect these rights, citizens have to give up some of their individual freedoms. This idea of the government protecting natural rights in exchange for less individual freedom is known as a social contract.
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C.the belief that people were born with natural rights
Explanation:
Locke lived through a time of repression and civil war which led him to question the nature and scope of government and authority. He answered that government should protect liberty and property.
According to Locke, property and liberty were natural rights. This was radically different from the idea that kings and monarchs had divine right and had the power to sanction property and to interfer with their subjects life.
If those right are indeed Natural, they preceed any form of government. Government exist to protect those rights, but not to grant them.
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The Roman concept of the citizen evolved during the Roman Republic and changed significantly during the later Roman Empire. After the Romans freed themselves from the Etruscans, they established a republic, and all males over 15 who were descended from the original tribes of Rome became citizens. Citizens of Rome distinguished themselves from slaves and other noncitizens by wearing a toga; most wore a white toga. During the Empire, each emperor wore a purple toga to distinguish himself as the princeps, or "first citizen."