Author Question: The Declaration of Independence goes beyond the Enlightenment idea of popular sovereignty because it ... (Read 35 times)

lilldybug07 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The Declaration of Independence goes beyond the Enlightenment idea of popular sovereignty because it asserts which of the following?

a. Rebellion is never an accepted reaction to poor government.
b. Government military action is sometimes necessary to provide for security.
c. Political despotism will be the result of colonial unrest.
d. A people can throw off a government and provide new securities for their future existence.
e. All males, regardless of property ownership, should have right to participate in political affairs.

Question 2

After formal recognition by Louis XVI, the National Assembly took all of these actions EXCEPT

a. confiscating church lands.
b. declaring the principle of equality
c. eliminating the special prerogatives of the nobility
d. abolishing serfdom
e. eliminating all feudal obligations of the peasantry