John locke, an enlightenment-era philosopher, influenced the american movement for independence. locke believed that all people were entitled to natural rights. which quotation from the preamble to the declaration of independence enshrines natural rights?
a)“governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
b)“we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
c)“[i]t is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.”
d)“[t]hey are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

the 9th amendment

explanation:

for the 2 countries u can do china and america because america has a democratic government while china has a communist government.

a democracy is a government run by the people either by directly voting or indirectly by electing representatives. an oligarchy is a government run by a few or a small group of people. a democracy and oligarchy are similar because both in an oligarchy and an indirect democracy, a small group of induvial determine the laws for a large group of people they are different because in an oligarchy it is easier to control and they do not have to answer to a large number of people in the country, unlike a democracy where they do have to answer to a large number of people an county that is a democracy would be the united states. a country that is an oligarchy would be the china.

the correct answer is b.