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The protests at Standing Rock aimed to prevent the destruction of historic and sacred sites for North American indigenous peoples. These protests triggered a series of adjacent movements that sought protection not only for indigenous rights, but addressed themes such as religion, historical protection of a country, suppression of cultures, imperialism, among others.
These movements show that when a right is suppressed, a series of social elements are hurt and questioned.
Twain use this humorous situation throughout the passage because : it draws a parallel between common swindlers and those who rule the government with this, he conveyed that the duke and the king are basically the same as common swindlers for the people
The Declaration contains the idea that if<span> the government must be overthrown, a new government must be set up to safeguard the first three conditions</span>