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"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, and to institute new Government..." This is a key factor in the Social Contract Theory: people form a government for protection of their rights, and when that government fails to deliver, the people have a right to form a new one. This is precisely what was happening in the American colonies when the Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.
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The phrase in the Declaration of Independence stating "that governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed" illustrates the principle of?
the Social Contract theory
Which enlightenment principle is most clearly reflected in this phrase from the declaration of independence?
We don't have the phrase you were given so we can't answer the question.
How do the Northwest Ordinance connect to the phrase life liberty and the pursuit of happiness from the Declaration of Independence?
It doesn't connect. The ordinance came after 1776. The Declaration of Independence was a list of problems to the king and declaring independence.
What document includes the phrase ...to secure these rights Governments are instituted among Men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed?
The decloration of independance
The phrase all men are created equal is found in?
the Declaration of Independence
