Popular sovereignty is the concept that all power is ultimately derived from the people. This means that every time you vote or express an opinion to a local leader/ politician, you are shaping the way this country is run. The problem? Old while men are the ones with free time on their hands, so they are the ones going out to vote and becoming/ influencing politicians, which makes the national vote a reflection of- not the actual public's opinion, no- but instead the opinions of those who have lots of free time on their hands... (*cough, cough* <em>white nationalists)</em>
Americans express popular sovereignty every day... kind of.
If you're referring to the Revolutionary War, Native Americans chose to either fight on the side of the British, or on the side of the colonists. At the same time, Native Americans were facing challenges defending their own homeland against the imperial powers.
Yes, if you could give us the examples, that would help us answer your question.
1.) John Locke sided with the protestant parliament against the Roman Catholic King James the second in the Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689.
2.) In 1960, Locke published his book Treatises Of Government where he argued natural rights of the human being such as life and liberty.
3.) Locke's writing influenced many famous writers such as Voltaire and Rousseau.
4.) A little less than 100 years after Locke published his treatises of government, Thomas Jefferson used his theory in the declaration of independence!
5.) Locke believed that the natural rights of individuals limited the rights of the king.
You mean in practice or in theory? Because with any political party, the outcome is always different.
