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Author Question: what interpretation of the Declaration of Independence did the founders NOT intend? (Read 1323 times)

aero

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on: Jul 16, 2013
A. That leaders of a country owe their position and power to the people over which they rule. B. That all people, regardless of race, creed, or sex, possess equal rights under the law. C. That revolutions should occur when rulers violated the rights of their subjects. D. That governments were established to protect certain rights.


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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2013
B is the only one the founders would not agree with. They did not agree with the equality of women or black people. The reason I pick that one is because the next significant document those same men produced, our constitution, did not give equal rights to those two groups.


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Yolanda

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Reply #2 on: Jul 16, 2013
If the founding fathers had a clue as too the pathetic society that we live in, the Constitution would be much longer and every word explained in detail.


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Reply #3 on: Jul 16, 2013
E. That students would use the Internet to get others to do their homework.


coco

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Reply #4 on: Jul 16, 2013
The Declaration of Independence was written by and for free Englishmen who felt that their freedoms were being violated by their king.


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