Why is obeying the law an obligation of citizenship?
A.
Obeying the law ensures that police officers are happy.
B.
Obeying the law ensures that businesses make money.
C.
Obeying the law is necessary to maintain order and protect people's safety and property.
D.
Obeying the law is necessary to ensure that religious authorities are happy with public behavior.

C

Explanation:

It's not about what police officers, businesses or religious authorities want. Laws are not in place to please specific groups of people. They are in place in order to keep things under control and protect the citizens of the United States. It's important to obey the law to keep everyone around you safe.

the qing dynasty placed strict limits on foreign merchants' ability to trade in china.

the reform movements that arose during the antebellum period in america focused on specific issues: temperance, abolishing imprisonment for debt, pacifism, antislavery, abolishing capital punishment, amelioration of prison conditions (with prison's purpose reconceived as rehabilitation rather than punishment), the humane treatment of animals, the humane and just treatment of native americans, the establishment of public institutions for the care of the destitute, orphans, blind, and mentally ill, the establishment of public schools, the abolition of tobacco use, vegetarianism, health reform, homeopathic medicine, woman's rights (including, at first, especially the establishment of a woman's right to own property apart from her husband and her right to sue for divorce), and the amelioration of labor conditions (including higher pay, the right to form unions, the right to strike, and the demand for limits on the number of work hours, and safe working conditions).

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