The authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man were primarily interested in
A) protecting rights of common people to an adequate share of the national wealth.
B) establishing a republican form of government.
C) extending the suffrage of all classes.
D) protecting personal, political, and property rights.
E) abolishing serfdom.
Ans: A) protecting rights of common people to an adequate share of the national wealth.
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a. avoiding another battle and waiting until Hannibal was forced to withdraw to Carthage for lack of supplies. b. negotiating a peace and returning Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica to Carthage. c. raising a new army and attacking the Carthaginian homeland. d. combining with its allies and pushing Hannibal back across the Alps. e. importing the Great Mother Goddess from Asia Minor and reestablishing the dominance of religion in the state.
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A) Thomas Paine B) John Adams C) John Dickinson D) Thomas Jefferson E) Benjamin Franklin
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A) high-cost mortgages B) retirement pensions C) medical care for four years D) tuition and stipends for college and vocational training