Question

4 the declaration of independence (excerpts)when, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of natures god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.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, 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. prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. but when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future securitysuch has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government. the history of the present king of great britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these statesin every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. a prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people4 what is one of the principles that thomas jefferson bases americas declaration of independence from great britain upon?a jefferson believes that no one system of government is ordained by god to be the eternal rule of humankind on earth.b jefferson states that a monarchy is by its very nature oppressive and corrupt and that only democracy can avoid such fatal flawsc jefferson states that a government can only rule over those who consent to that power-and america is refusing its consent to britaind jefferson advocates for revolution without specifying what particular type of government needs to be set up once the revolution has occurred

Explanation:

The excerpt states governments derive "just powers from the consent of the governed" and that when a government becomes destructive, people have the right to alter or abolish it. This aligns with the idea that legitimate rule depends on the governed's consent, which is the basis for the declaration against Britain. Option A is incorrect as the text rejects ordained government. Option B is incorrect as the issue is unconsented tyranny, not monarchy inherently. Option D is incorrect as the text implies the new government should be based on consent of the governed, not unspecified.

Answer:

C. Jefferson states that a government can only rule over those who consent to that power—and America is refusing its consent to Britain