Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed. . . . [W]henever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government.¹
The excerpt most reflects which Enlightenment idea?
O A. Popular sovereignty
B. Republicanism
C. Separation of powers
D. Natural rights
