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How do governments derive their power according to Jefferson?
Governments derive their powers from the consent of the governed.
What powers does the federal bureaucracy have?
The federal bureaucracy is considered part of the executive branch, and has powers that derive from that. there is no single power that it has: it is broken up into various departments, each of which has its own mission, with various powers allocated to each by policy, convention, or law.
What does it mean for the government to have enumerated powers?
Powers are delegated
Which action by Britain did the colonists believe violated the principle stated in the Declaration of Independence that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed?
passage of the stamp act.
Who gives the government their power?
The people give the government its powers. This is one of the foundational principles of the U.S. Constitution:Limited Government: Since the people give government its power, government itself is limited to the power given to it by them. In other words, the US government does not derive its power from itself. It must follow its own laws and it can only act using powers given to it by the people.
