Answer:
“. . . We have come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall Heir.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr., “I Have a Dream” Speech, August 1963, March on Washington
Should the American Independence movement be interpreted as a promise that the government will protect the natural rights of all of its citizens?
• Articulate a defensible claim or thesis that responds to the prompt and establishes a line of reasoning to defend it.
• Support your claim with at least TWO pieces of accurate and relevant information:
At least ONE piece of evidence must be from one of the following foundational documents: