Answer:
People's participation in election is usually measured by voter turnout figures. Turnout indicates the per cent of eligible voters who actually cast their vote. Over the last fifty years in India the turnout has either remained stable or actually gone up.
C) They wanted to become powerful by obtaining riches that included gold and spices
The following concept is central both to the Declaration of Independence and to Social Contract Theory:
C) the authority of the government should be derived from the consent of the governed
This is described as the people give the government their consent (or okay) to be governed.
I believe the answer is: the colonies had their own charters authorizing representative assemblies with the authority to draft laws
The representatives assemblies that the colonies had at that time was given with similar duties as Congress that we see in our current society. They were chosen by the people that represent them and had the vote to pass a certain legislation during the assembly.
