"we 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 "
— public domain

in what way does this excerpt illustrate that the american break with britain in 1776 was justified using ideas rooted in the enlightenment?

a. it rejected the authority of the church.
b. it rejected the authority of the monarch.
c. it sets up a system for a central government.
d. it sets up the separation of church and state.