Read the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. Which Enlightenment idea likely inspired this passage? 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 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.

The correct answer is A) 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.

The Enlightenment idea likely inspired this passage is “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.”

The Declaration of Independence was created to be remembered any time any place in the future. It is not to be forgotten by the government an the people. The Declaration of Independence defends the principle that it is the people who establish the kind of government they want.

The Declaration of Independence was signed by distinguished individuals that were influenced by the Enlightenment period or the “Age of Reason”. Among the bright people whose ideas influenced some of the thinkers of the time were Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, Renee Descartes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, Galileo, Kepler and Leibniz.