How did Texas state government change as a result of the 1872 elections? Why are these elections considered especially significant?

State voters chose 8 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the president and vice president. ... Greeley died before Congress could certify the results, leaving Texas electors (and the electors of five other states) free to vote for whoever they chose.

swe 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. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook

is that it?

explanation: