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When Jefferson wrote this in the Declaration of Independence he meant that they had the right because for a 1000 years people hadn't been given the right to choose their government. They had been told who the king was and to think about choosing a government was revolutionary.

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When should the people have the right to change their government according to the Declaration of Independence?

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What was the basic argument of John Locke's Second Treatise?

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What problem does Alexander Hamilton see with the mass of people and government?

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Do people have the right to change their government?

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According to the Declaration of Independence who has a right to change a government if the government tries to take away these three rights?

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Who believed that people create government to meet their needs and that people have a right to change it by revolution if necessary?

Hobbes