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1. Which principle governs the right to rule form the people?

A. Limited Government
C. Popular Sovereignty
B. Separation of Powers
D. Federalism​

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Answer:

The right answer is C.

Step-by-step explanation:

The real sovereign is not a monarch or a powerful autocrat as it used to be before the 19th century. The people is the sovereign, those who rule can do so only by the consent of those governed. That´s an idea formulated by the French philosopher Jean Jacques-Rousseau, a major thinker of 18th-century Enlightenment. The principle is enshrined in the US Constitution and in the constitutions of another democratic countries.