USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In politics, popular sovereignty is the idea that government is authorized by citizens and influenced by what they want. Popular sovereignty means a country’s constitution must be ratified by the majority of the people or their representatives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Popular sovereignty means that the government can only exercise authority if it has been given permission to do so by the People. Therefore, popular sovereignty LIMITS THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT. In a democracy the People delegate their authority to government ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES set forth in their constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the modern period the concept of popular sovereignty has been adopted by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau according to whom, people willingly gave legitimate authority to the government in the form of social contract for reciprocated preservation.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular sovereignty, the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will.