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Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible [cannot be defeated] right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it.

—John Adams, , 1776

Which Enlightenment ideas are expressed by John Adams in the quotation above?

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Answer: Government is legitimate with the consent of the people, and the people have the right to rebel.

Explanation: Have a lovely day!!

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