THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Government power should be divided between individual states and a federal government.
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All government power ultimately derives from the consent of the people being governed.
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The authority to rule comes directly from God.
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All people are born with natural rights that cannot be taken away.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is b) All government power ultimately dervies from the consent of the people being governed. Popular sovereignty is a concept that has been used in the United States throughout its history.
Detailed explanation-2: -Popular sovereignty. All political power is vested in and derived from the people. All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.
Detailed explanation-3: -Popular sovereignty is the idea that the government’s power comes from the will of the people or the “consent of the governed.” If the government started to violate the will of the people, Americans would have the right to change that.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sovereignty is a political concept that refers to dominant power or supreme authority. In a monarchy, supreme power resides in the “sovereign", or king. In modern democracies, sovereign power rests with the people and is exercised through representative bodies such as Congress or Parliament.