THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Nothing, people must obey the government
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The people would have a right to revolt
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The people would be returned to a state of nature
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People would be forced to enter into a social contract
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Detailed explanation-1: -Since governments exist by the consent of the people in order to protect the rights of the people and promote the public good, governments that fail to do so can be resisted and replaced with new governments. Locke is thus also important for his defense of the right of revolution.
Detailed explanation-2: -Background: “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-3: -The principle of popular sovereignty was the basis for every new State constitution. That principle says that government can exist and function only with the consent of the governed. The people hold power and the people are sovereign.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Government Consent means any approval, authorization, consent, Order, license, permission, permit, qualification, exemption or waiver by or from any Government Entity.