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.

The excerpt most reflects which Enlightenment idea?

O

A. Separation of powers

O

O

B. Republicanism

C. Natural rights

O

D. Popular sovereignty