Question

Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. Then answer the question that follows.

Answer 1

It is very much A. They believed that it was the government’s duty to fulfill the peoples wishes.

It was right for me so it should be right for u too.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

A. They believed that it was the government’s duty to fulfill the people’s wishes.

"The people's wishes" maybe could better be expressed as "the will of the people."  It's not so much that the government exists to fulfill every wish and whim that individual persons may have.  Rather, the founders were expressing the Enlightenment idea that government derives its authority from the will and consent of the governed.  The people create the government in order to safeguard and advance the best interest of the people as a whole, as a society.