Question

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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

—Preamble of the United States Constitution

The idea of popular sovereignty is most related to which of the following statements from the preamble of the U.S. Constitution?
A.
"secure the Blessings of Liberty"
B.
"We the People of the United States"
C.
"insure domestic Tranquility"
D.
"provide for the common defense"

Answer 1

B.
"We the People of the United States"

"Popular sovereignty" means the people are in charge of establishing a government over themselves. The founding fathers of the United States had adopted that idea about government from Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke (of England) and Baron de Montesquieu (of France).