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What enlightenment principle is most clearly reflected in this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence? “Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”.

A. The natural goodness of man
B. Natural rights
C. Popular sovereignty
D. Separation of powers

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D. Separation of powers.

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It is actually c. Popular sovereignty -Apex

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