THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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Popular Sovereignty
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Unalienable Rights
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Natural Rights
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Social Contract
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Detailed explanation-1: -In political philosophy, the phrase 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 to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised.
Detailed explanation-2: -Popular sovereignty means that the people are the ultimate source of the authority of their government. Popular sovereignty means that democratic government is BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE-for the benefit of the people, not for the benefit of those who govern in their name.
Detailed explanation-3: -Southerners believed the doctrine protected the right of local control over the slavery issue itself while removing the issue from federal purview.