<em>Popular Sovereignty</em> is an important <em>enlightenment</em> idea that established that the sovereign power is vested among the people who are being governed and choose to be governed. This means the government gets power from the people and the people who are being governed are the <em>source</em> of political power. This is present in the US because the US Government politically acts based on the citizens. To be specific, people can express themselves to the government by having the obligation to <em>vote</em> and <em>directly participate in the government</em> by attending town meetings and such.
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The new sense of identity in the American colonist helped lead to revolution because:
B. They viewed themselves as individuals of their states (Virginians, Rhode Islanders….etc.) that had self-governed for so long that King George’s taxes were infringing on their rights.
With a new sense of identity not liked to the British Royalty, it lead to a revolution for independence.
The poor citizens of New York City responded to the draft laws by instigating riots that lasted for four days.
They were in vehement opposition to the military draft acts that allow men from wealthy families to pay a certain amount so avoid being called into service. Also, African-Americans are not considered to be American citizens; thus, they are exempted from being called into military service. Because of this, those who can't afford to pay are called to military service leaving their families to fend for themselves during a time of uncertainty and hardship.
