Excerpt from the Declaration of Independence, 1776
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 security.—Such 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 States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
Use the excerpt to answer the question.
What key Enlightenment principle does the excerpt MOST clearly evoke?
A.
Any ruler that does not uphold the equality of the ruled is a tyrant.
B.
All citizens have natural rights that government is obligated to protect.
C.
Government constitutes a social contract that can be broken and replaced.
D.
Governing officials are subject to the same laws as citizens for the preservation of order.
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