Question

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.––That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. Which two ideas of limited governments are reflected in the excerpt?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.

The two ideas of limited governments are reflected in the excerpt are that the government has to respect the rights of the American people and that the United States citizens have the right to grow and prosper and the government has to create the proper conditions for this to happen and never impede the thriving pf the people.

This is an important excerpt of the Declaration of Independence drafted by five prominent American founding fathers: Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, John Adams, and Benjamin Fraklin.

The Declaration was promulgated on July 4, 1776.