Use the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence to answer the following question. "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with
another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel [force) them to the separation."
Which of the following does the excerpt above imply?
O People have the right to form their own government.
O Nature's God grants rulers their power.
The laws of man take precedence over the laws of nature.
O No cause justifies resistance to a recognized government.