Neutral denotation for this answer
Well first lets examine the reading. i like to highlight and add notes. lets think about this. if the charecter is talking about money, maybe there is an issue with the family's money. but at the end the charecter syas something very specific. lets see if you can figure it out by examining the kast sentence and adding a note! :)
The first one makes more sense and uses the semicolon properly.
Answer: I would contend that the right answer is the B) It rejected the authority of the monarch as legitimate.
Explanation: Just to elaborate a little bit on the answer, it can be added that the authors of this text were clearly inspired by the ideas of the Enlightenment, such as its criticism of the corruption of the monarchy. Rousseau, for instance, pointed out that kings had been granted power by the will of the people, not by God, and, by the same token, that people could also take their power away from them if they were not doing their job right. In this excerpt, it is said that if a government, which derives its power from the "consent of the governed," that is, from the will of the people, destructs the rights that it is meant to protect (life, liberty, and happines), then that people have the right to alter it, abolish it, or institute a new one.