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. -the declaration of independence the writers think a government’s power comes from a king. from a president. from the people. from the congress.

The writers of the Declaration of Independance believed that a government's power comes from the people.

a more perfect union: the creation of the u.s. constitution. the vote was unanimous. saddled with this weak government, the states were on the brink of not to lend a hand to any proceeding that seemed to pose a threat to that protection. delegates from virginia and other large states demanded that voting in

c. troops marched forward in close formation against newer, more accurate weapons