According to the declaration of independence, what are the three most basic rights? a. freedom of speech, assembly, and religion b. the right to vote, to bear arms, and to remain silent c. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness d. life, liberty, and property

The correct answer is C. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Explanation:

The Declaration of Independence was a document approved in 1776 that aimed at recognizing the United States as a separate nation from Great Britain. This declaration was approved by the colonies and it declared all human beings had three basic rights "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", and these were unalienable, which meant they could not be omitted. Moreover, these rights were the base for all the declaration because based on these the colonies justified their need to be independent.

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serve the people! ,” smoothly translated by julia lovell, offers an initial sample of yan lianke’s writing to an english-speaking audience. a bluntly drawn, mildly erotic fable, it teases mao zedong by poking fun at a true believer who obeys the chairman’s precepts too literally. to a western sensibility, the broad strokes of yan lianke’s humor would seem to pose little risk of inciting rebellion, whether of the flesh or of the body politic. but then, part of the book’s attraction is that it doesn’t have a western sensibility. it lets the reader see — or rather, intuit — what jokes chinese officials don’t consider funny, and how very little it takes for a writer to be branded an incendiary in 21st-century china, more than three decades after the death of mao, a decade after the death of deng xiaoping and seven years since china entered the world trade organization, a move that would seem to signal a willingness (however wary) to mingle with the rest of the world.