Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence:
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the governed. . . . [W]henever
any Form of Government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government.ยน
The excerpt most reflects which Enlightenment idea?
O A. Popular sovereignty
B. Republicanism
C. Separation of powers
D. Natural rights