John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the Declaration of Independence, which says, "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from __________."

a. the consent of the governed
b. the right to revolt
c. the laws of Nature and Nature's God
d. government itself


a

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