Use the excerpt to answer the question.

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. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.”
—Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence

Based on the text, which of the following scenarios would the author most likely support?

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Responses

A dictator bans civil society groups from intervening in politics.
A dictator bans civil society groups from intervening in politics.

A group of concerned citizens protest what they believe are unjust immigration policies.
A group of concerned citizens protest what they believe are unjust immigration policies.

Protestors are arrested for voicing concern over economic problems in their country.
Protestors are arrested for voicing concern over economic problems in their country.

Several citizens attack a group of journalists covering a protest.

Answer 1

Based on the excerpt from Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence, the author would most likely support the scenario where "A group of concerned citizens protest what they believe are unjust immigration policies."

This scenario aligns with the ideas expressed in the excerpt, which emphasizes the rights of individuals to have unalienable rights and the right of the people to alter or abolish a government when it becomes destructive to those rights. Protesting against perceived injustices is a form of exercising the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.