•recognizing the fundamental worth and dignity of each individual
• ensuring the equality of all citizens under the law
• demanding the largest possible degree of individual freedom
which item also belongs in the list?
a. obeying majority rule even if minority groups may be harmed
b. valuing the necessity of compromise
c. separating the responsibilities of local and central levels of
government
d. committing to political ideals and refusing to compromise

the answer should be the fierce germanic invaders because they caused the western roman empire to decline.  

the declaration of independence

an analytical view

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