Question

Which of the following American political practices best exemplifies John Locke’s principal of consent of the governed

Answer 1

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Government's legitimacy is lawful when it is consented by society. So, I would say that the best option is "election of public officials". This idea is found even in the United States Declaration of Independence since the founders of the country believed that citizens were all equal and they had the right to choose their representatives to secure their rights.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is: Election of public officials.

The United States was the first country to use the principle. That describes it as people of a country or territory, they have the power and right to self-rule and they must consent, either in a direct referendum or through elections in order to establish their own government. People can vote to elect their representatives.

This explains the principle, in one of the lines of the declaration of the independence of the united states, below:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they  are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are  Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are  instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed"