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Firdavs [7]
3 years ago
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Which passage from the Declaration of Independence reflects the enlightenment principle of popular sovereignty

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mr_godi [17]3 years ago
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Here is the passage from the Declaration of Independence that expresses popular sovereignty.  I've underlined the most notable line in that regard.

  • <em>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,</em><u><em> Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, </em></u><em>— That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends,</em><u><em> it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, l</em></u><em>aying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.</em>

"Popular sovereignty" means the people are in charge of establishing a government over themselves.  The founding fathers of the United States adopted the idea of popular sovereignty from Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke (of England) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (of France).

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