Answer:
D.protect citizens natural rights
Step-by-step explanation:
In the Declaration of independendence its states that all men are created equal, and that they have certain rights that can not be taken away from them and they give the example of the right to life, to liberty and the pursuit of happines, and the declaration of independence also states that:
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,"
So the answer would be governments are instituted to: D.protect citizens natural rights