When a government fails to protect the unalienable rights of its citizens, it is the duty and right of citizens to create another form of government. this statement is the declaration of independence’s

It is justified to overthrow the government when it denies its citizens their unalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. When the government denies them these rights it becomes an unjust government and thus the people have the right to overthrow it.

the historians cited in the article all agree with one another about the cause of the civil war. despite coming from different backgrounds and cultures, the historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the civil war. the fact that all these historiansgenerally agree with one another makes their shared viewpoints more reliable and valid, especially because the historians have different backgrounds and all work for the well-respected institutions of howard university, clemson university, and the university of colorado.