Based on your preview of the text’s features, what do you predict it will be about? Explain how you made your prediction.

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.

the answer is the speaker views both as possessions that reflect his importance.  

pennfoster ? here you go

1. heat

2. acquitted, exonerated

3. rough

4. common

5. hate

6. harmful, toxic

7. public

8. apart

9. despise

10. careless

11. put

12. received

13. become

14. received

15. persuaded

16. make