THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Question
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What does government by consent of the governed mean?
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the people are the source of any and all government power
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to announce the colonies’ separation from England
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rights that cannot be taken away
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -“Consent of the governed” refers to the idea that a government’s legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented, or agreed to, by the people over which that political power is exercised.
Detailed explanation-2: -The phrase “consent of the governed” refers to a political theory that a government’s power is only legitimate when it is determined by those who are being governed.
Detailed explanation-3: -What does “deriving their power from the consent of the govern” mean? receive power from the people they rule over.
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