APGOV CH 2 FRQ: Concept Application Style

Consider your knowledge of the document and US Government to respond to each of the items that follows.

The Declaration of Independence begins: "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, ......, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

Question 1

Short answer

Identify and describe both of what Thomas Jefferson described as 'self-evident truths' in the Declaration of Independence.

Question 2

Short answer

Explain how a principle of John Locke, other than the one related to the topic in (A), is utilized in the Declaration of Independence to justify the colonists fight for freedom and independence from Britain.

Question 3

Short answer

Explain which theory of democracy is most closely associated with the ideals presented in the Declaration of Independence.

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