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What is the governments rightful authority over its citizens?
legitimacy
Citizens vote for their political representatives in governments shaped by the political principle of what?
The political principle of the Republicicanism. Republicicanism: the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives.
What are people who agree to follow a set of rules and accept a governments authority?
Citizens or sheep depending on which side of the government authority you are on.
What Enlightenment principle is Thomas Paine advancing in this excerpt?
the right of the citizens to be free of abusive non-representative governments.
Which amendment has been interpreted to extend the provision of the natural bill of rights?
The 14th amendment requires state governments to give their citizens the same rights that the federal government does. Before the 14th amendment, the state governments had almost unlimited authority over their citizens.
What do all governments provide their citizens with?
The governments should provide their citizens with all their human and universal rights as described by the constitution. All governments for instance are supposed to guarantee the safety of their citizens.
What is governments role when people threaten other citizens?
What is governments role when people threaten other citizens?
The ancient roman legal system stressed the rights of the individual over the authority of the government?
Yes, Roman law was based on the principle of the rights of citizens.
What was a Progressive goal?
healthy citizens
Why was the Magna historically significant to the development of democratic governments?
The document established the principle that no person is above the law and that the government must follow its own laws in its dealings with its citizens.
Did the ancient Roman legal system stress the rights of the individual over the authority of the government?
Roman law was based on the principle of rights, the rights of citizens.
What passage from the Declaration of Independence reflects the Enlightenment principle of popular soverignty?
The passage from the Declaration of Independence that reflects the Enlightenment principle of popular sovereignty is the statement that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed." This emphasizes that the authority of the government is legitimate only when it is based on the will of the people. It embodies the Enlightenment idea that political power should rest with the citizens, who have the right to alter or abolish a government that fails to protect their rights.
