What did enlightenment thinkers questioned

The Enlightenment was a movement of reason, whose ideas were the rejection of absolutism, dogma, in all social spheres, but both in politics and in religion.  Some of the representatives of the Enlightenment were Voltaire, Diderot, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. They advocated religious tolerance, and a reign in which there will not be an absolute ruler. They argued that excessive concentration of power in the hands of the government led to usurpation, and that such a government should be ousted by the citizens. Such ideas have led to many civil revolutions, which were aimed at freedom and independence from dogmatic rule. In essence, the Enlightenment Thinkers have questioned the traditional absolutist mode of government.

war of 1812  

a. slavery

b. a depression  

c. impressment  

d. the northwest ord

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