As new discoveries and economic opportunities became available in the Renaissance, the kings and queens of Europe began to invest in chartered companies. Why were monarchs willing to invest in these sometimes risky business ventures? Select one:
a. The monarch could expand his or her territory into new lands without the cost or risk required to set up a colony.
b. The costs of funding and defending a charter were low and therefore worth the risk and capital involved.
c. The monarch could control the company's every decision from afar, adding to their power.
d. Most monarchs believed that the companies could serve as their eyes and ears abroad--as spies.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, 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 to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

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nice one lol

answer: the answer is b

explanation: i just took this quiz last week