Review this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence.

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 those rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.


Select the line that least supports the idea that the U.S. founders established a democratic republic.


A. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…”

B. “that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…”

C. “that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness…”

D. “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”