Question

the declaration of independence announced americas independence from britain. the declaration outlined the natural rights of man and how the british government had infringed upon those rights. it is revolutionary because in more ways than one, it attempted to show the legal and moral basis of the war for independence. the concept of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as natural rights of human beings is a revolutionary thought. this part of the declaration of independence can be traced very directly to lockes writings. the idea is that we are born with these rights. if government by not respect them, the people have the right to overthrow that government. thats what the americans did. what is the purpose of the second - paragraph of the passage? a to describe the history of the writing of the declaration of independence b to explain how the declaration used the ideas of john locke and the enlightenment c to detail how the american colonists won the revolutionary war d to support the claim that thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence

Explanation:

The paragraph links natural - rights ideas to Locke and says the Declaration reflects these ideas, showing how it used Enlightenment concepts.

Answer:

B. to explain how the Declaration used the ideas of John Locke and the Enlightenment