In the 1870s, the us government began an american indian policy of a. providing allotments of land. b . encouraging assimilation c. confining tribes on reservations d. forcing tribes to relocate

The correct answer is B) Encouraging assimilation.

During the middle to late part of the 19th century, the US government developed a series of Indian Boarding Schools. This resulted in thousands of Native Ameriacns from all different tribes to be sent to a school to learn more about American culture, language, and ideas. The goal of the Indian Boarding School program was to assimilate these individuals into American society.

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