<span>Jefferson claims that the Declaration of Independence was directly written as a means of establishing and outlining the guidelines by which the social and political factors of the country will function, in order to ensure clear and apparent equality for all.</span>
First, they're both nouns. Secondly, they are both described as settings, places or destinations that the speaker wants to be in or go to.
The struggle or clash would be the conflict(C) because conflict is a disagreement or a clash of ideas.