15. The text below is an excerpt from an important American document. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or 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. From which document is the excerpt taken? a. the Declaration of Independence b. the Preamble to the Constitution c. the Article of the Confederation d. the Bill of Rights