The Country with the Highest Murder Rate in the World

question 4

True/False

The country with the highest murder rate in the world is the United States.

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Definitions:

American Political Authority

The legitimacy and power held by institutions and officials within the United States to create, enforce, and interpret laws and policies.

Declaration of Independence

The document adopted on July 4, 1776, by the Second Continental Congress, declaring the Thirteen American Colonies independent from British rule.

Second Continental Congress

The convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring of 1775, soon after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, which eventually declared independence.

Thomas Jefferson

The third President of the United States (1801–1809), primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a founding father known for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.