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We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Which of the following most clearly identifies the founding principle embedded in the Preamble of the Constitution?

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Responses

popular sovereignty
popular sovereignty

separation of powers
separation of powers

checks and balances
checks and balances

federalism

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popular sovereignty

The phrase "We the people... do ordain and establish" shows that political power and authority come from the people, which is the principle of popular sovereignty.