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What does the Declaration of Independence reveal about Thomas Jefferson, its primary author?
his opinion on the purpose of government
his ability to bring people together
his views on the trade of enslaved people
his aspirations to one day run for president
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his opinion on the purpose of government.
The Declaration states that governments are instituted to secure people’s unalienable rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and derive their powers from the consent of the governed, and that when a government becomes destructive of those ends it may be altered or abolished — showing Jefferson’s view of government’s purpose. The other options aren’t supported: the final Declaration doesn’t demonstrate Jefferson’s skill at uniting people, it omits the anti–slave-trade passage he had drafted (so it doesn’t reliably reveal his views on the slave trade), and it contains nothing about ambitions to run for president.
The Declaration states that governments are instituted to secure people’s unalienable rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) and derive their powers from the consent of the governed, and that when a government becomes destructive of those ends it may be altered or abolished — showing Jefferson’s view of government’s purpose. The other options aren’t supported: the final Declaration doesn’t demonstrate Jefferson’s skill at uniting people, it omits the anti–slave-trade passage he had drafted (so it doesn’t reliably reveal his views on the slave trade), and it contains nothing about ambitions to run for president.
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