HELP MHE PL What was happening in the Middle East while Western Europe endured the Dark Ages?
Islam was transformed from a religious identity to a secular one.

Islam became focused on converting Christians and Jews.

Islamic regions struggled through a breakdown in social order.

Islamic trade brought prosperity and cultural advances.

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

the answer is a

explanation:

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a. by accepting the election of president abraham lincoln in 1860 and convincing other southern states to do the same