"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consentof the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of theseends, 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 tothem shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 177610. The excerpt was written in response to the(A) British government's attempt to assert greater control over the North American colonies(B) British government's failure to protect colonists from attacks by American Indians(C) colonial governments' failures to implement mercantilist policies(D) colonial governments' attempts to extend political rights to new groups

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