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Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. Then answer the question that follows. 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. Which two ideas of limited governments are reflected in the excerpt?

separation of powers
basic rights
checks and balances
trial by jury
popular sovereignty

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one is basic rights from "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"

second is popular sovereignty from "deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
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basic rights

popular sovereignty

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