Question

1. read the following excerpt from a nineteenth - century text, and answer the question that follows.

when a government has ceased to protect the lives, liberty, and property of the people, from whom its legitimate powers are derived, and for the advancement of whose happiness it was instituted, and so far from being a guarantee for the enjoyment of those inestimable and inalienable rights, becomes an instrument in the hands of evil rulers for their oppression.
when, in consequence of such acts of malfeasance and abdication on the part of the government, anarchy prevails, and civil society is dissolved into its original elements. in such a crisis, the first law of nature, the right of self - preservation, the inherent and inalienable rights of the people to appeal to first principles, and take their political affairs into their own hands in extreme cases, enjoins it as a right towards themselves, and a sacred obligation to their posterity, to abolish such government, and create another in its stead, calculated to rescue them from impending dangers, and to secure their future welfare and happiness.
what was the author’s purpose in this excerpt?
○ to make a peace treaty between texas and mexico
○ to set up a trade agreement between two countries
○ to explain why texas wants independence from mexico
○ to declare war on another country

Explanation:

The excerpt discusses the right of people to change a government that fails to protect their rights, which aligns with the context of Texas seeking independence from Mexico (explaining the reason for independence). The other options (peace treaty, trade agreement, declare war) don't match the theme of government failure and people's right to self - governance/independence.

Answer:

to explain why Texas wants independence from Mexico