Read the following excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. 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 . . .

Which Enlightenment idea is reflected in the excerpt?

A.

the theory of the divine right of kings

B.

the theory of hierarchical organization

C.

the theory of social contract of government

D.

the theory of natural rights of humans

The herding community picture above is located in a seminary’s climate in africa. if the people do not carefully manage how and when their livestock feed off the land, what is most likely to occur?

In a property settlement after a divorce, the wife was awarded all personal property that had been accumulated during the marriage, including the husband's classic 19-inch black-and-white tv set. in order to get his prized tv set back, the husband lied to his friend, telling him that the wife took the tv set in violation of the property settlement. the friend remembered that the wife gave the friend's wife a key to her new home, and he volunteered to go with the husband to get the tv back while the wife was at work. the husband and the friend went to the wife's house, but, unbeknownst to them, the wife had taken the day off work. after the friend noisily opened the back door with his wife's key, the wife called the police, who quickly arrived and arrested the husband and the friend. as to a charge of common law conspiracy to commit larceny, how should the friend be found?

What kind of government is based on the idea of popular sovereignty?