The use of primary sources exposes students to important historical concepts. First, students become aware that all written history reflects an author's interpretation of past events. Therefore, as students read a historical account, they can recognize its subjective nature.
The Bill of Rights was strongly influenced by the Virginia Declaration of Rights, written by George Mason. Other precursors include English documents such as the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the English Bill of Rights, and the Massachusetts Body of Liberties.
The British king thought he was the divine ruler appointed by God, for one, so he thought he was all powerful. The settlers they were taxing were originally British, most of them at least, and so they thought it was their natural right to tax their own people. They would have taxed <em>everything</em> because it was a way to make money, and they would have done so simply because they could. They thought that they had the <em>right</em> to tax everything because, as <em />I said before, they thought they were a divine ruler appointed by God, and therefore, they thought that that gave them the <em>right</em> to tax everything.
<span>"All men are created equal" and have "inalienable rights" of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"; governments derive their "powers from the governed," who have the right "to alter or to abolish" them.</span>
D is the correct answer.
The establishment clause of the 1st Amendment states that : "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
This means that the United States Congress shall not establish a state religion and shall not get in the way of people freely exercising their religious beliefs.