THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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Question
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Who gives government the ability to govern?
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The people
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Parliament
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The King
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The Sons of Liberty
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The people do this through elections in which they vote for particular persons and elect them. Once elected, these persons form the government. In a democracy the government has to explain its actions and defend its decisions to the people.
Detailed explanation-2: -dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.
Detailed explanation-3: -“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.
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