There are many Enlightenment ideals in the Declaration of Independence. One is the idea that all people are entitled to certain rights just by virtue of being human. Another is the belief that a government’s legitimacy comes from the consent of the governed. Finally, the Declaration of Independence incorporates the Enlightenment idea that a government’s main purpose is to protect the rights of the people
In Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, he argued that it was foolish for a small island 3,000 miles away to rule a whole continent.
Either A or D bc on this article thing it says “Government forced them to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles too late especially Designated “Indian territory”.” but it also says after that “across the Mississippi river”
