1. The Declaration of Independence identifies three "unalienable rights" -- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- and in his "Fourth of July Speech" John Quincy Adams talks more about
these rights. In no more than one sentence, explain where, in John Quincy Adams's view,
Americans believe these rights come from.
2. In no more than one sentence, compare this to where John Quincy Adams says the British
people believe their rights come from.
3. In no more than one sentence, explain what this difference implies for American and British views
about the role of government.
4. In no more than two sentences, explain what the American Founders believed "American
exceptionalism" was and meant.