Why were the Democrats who took control of Louisiana after Reconstruction given the nickname “Bourbon Democrats”? They wanted a return to pre-Civil War Louisiana, just like the French rulers who tried to reverse policies after the French Revolution.

They gained financial backing from French leaders who lived in Bourbon, France and wanted to invest in Louisiana land.

They first met at that location to discuss policy change they wanted in order to restore the Old South.

They were all descended from French kings who lived in an area of France referred to as Bourbon.

They wanted a return to pre-Civil War Louisiana, just like the French rulers who tried to reverse policies after the French Revolution.

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swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — 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, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook