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Europe’s ancient regimes, or old governments, used a heavy-handed, authoritarian style of rule based on the belief that kings and queens deserved absolute power over the people in their kingdoms. Which Enlightenment ideal was in direct conflict with this approach to government?
popular sovereignty
fraternity
divine right of kings
Magna Carta
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Enlightenment thinkers argued that legitimate political power comes from the consent of the governed (the people), not from a monarch's divine right to rule.
Enlightenment thinkers argued that legitimate political power comes from the consent of the governed (the people), not from a monarch's divine right to rule.
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