- Centralized Russia’s Government
- Modernized the army & created the navy
- Improved manufacturing and trade
- Helped to Westernized

These terms are describing what Russian ruler?
A) August 11
B) Peter the great
C) Ivan the terrible
D)Catherine the Great

B) Peter the Great

Explanation:

On his travels throughout Europe, Peter and the Great gained various experiences and implemented many of them in Russia. He introduced many reforms. There is almost no segment of life that has not been covered by the changes of this ruler. However, what impressed the ruler most on his travels around Europe was the navy. During his visit to the Netherlands, which was then one of Europe's strongest navies, the king was delighted. Therefore, his priority was the creation of the Russian navy, for which he earmarked enormous funds, but succeeded in his plan.

swe 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, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

1.3x - 2 - (3.3x + 5) = 2x + 1

1.3x - 2 - 3.3x - 5 = 2x + 1

-2x - 7 = 2x + 1

-7 = 4x + 1

-8 = 4x

x = -2