Below is a passage from the Declaration of Independence.
"... That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. - That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it..."
Source: US National Archives and Records Administration
Based on the passage, the Founding Fathers were influenced by which Enlightenment idea?
A. separation of powers
B. social contract
C. natural law
D. checks and balances​
