Use the passage below to answer this question. According to the Declaration of Independence, life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are considered:

“We 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.” – Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.


A) Constitutional rights (given by the U.S. Constitution)

B) Natural/inalienable rights (owned by all people at birth)

C) Human rights (recognized in agreement by all or most countries in the world)

D) Legal rights (given by state/national laws