Question
Read the quotation from Mercy Otis Warren, an American writer who opposed ratifying the Constitution.
The origin of all power is in the people, and . . . they have an [incontestable] right to check the creatures of their own creation.
–Observations on the New Constitution,
Mercy Otis Warren, 1788
What statement best describes Mercy Otis Warren’s viewpoint?
A country’s leaders should have total authority.
It is best to give power to only a small group of people.
People have the right to question their government.
People should not have to follow laws they oppose.
The origin of all power is in the people, and . . . they have an [incontestable] right to check the creatures of their own creation.
–Observations on the New Constitution,
Mercy Otis Warren, 1788
What statement best describes Mercy Otis Warren’s viewpoint?
A country’s leaders should have total authority.
It is best to give power to only a small group of people.
People have the right to question their government.
People should not have to follow laws they oppose.
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People have the right to question their government.