Question

The opening of the Preamble ("We the People of the United States…") suggests that the power of this government is derived from which of the selections listed below?

Answer 1

These are the answer choices for the question:

A. Divine Right of Kings

B. an oligarchy

C. consent of the citizens

D. the Congress

And this is the correct answer:

C. consent of the citizens

Step-by-step explanation:

The phrase "We the People" establishes the US as a republic where the power of the government derives from the consent of the people. This is the idea of the social contract, which was developed by philosophers like John Locke and Voltaire, and that holds that people form governments in order to give some of their freedom in exchange for protection of their most basic rights: life, liberty and property.