According to the Declaration of Independence, when can the people have the right to overthrow their government? A. When the government taxes the people too much. B. When the people as a whole do not agree with the policies of the government. C. When they are ruled by a king. D. When the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the people. E. When the economy fails to create new jobs.

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According to the Declaration of Independence, when can the people have the right to overthrow their government? A. When the government taxes the people too much. B. When the people as a whole do not agree with the policies of the government. C. When they are ruled by a king. D. When the government fails to protect the fundamental rights of the people. E. When the economy fails to create new jobs.

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Christine Erickson · Answer 1

- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, - That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government