Which statement best summarizes the following portion of the Declaration of
Independence?
When in the Course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands
which have connected them with another, and to assume
among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal
station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God
entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the causes which impel
them to the separation.
A. Nations should make clear why they no longer want to be allied
with one another.
B. Nature provides certain privileges to some nations.
C. Nations should remain separate and equal from one another.
D. Sometimes nations must separate from one another.