11.2 Reliability - Declaration of Independence

Short Essay Question #2: Reliability Practice. Reminder. First describe the document. Then explain the documents use as a reliable source of evidence.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable 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, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness…

Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Question 1

Short answer

How does audience, or purpose, or bias, or point of view affect this document’s use as a reliable source of evidence? Choose 1.

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