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How did the French use Enlightenment ideas to justify revolution?(1 point)
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The French stated that they had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
The French stated that they had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

The government was no longer serving them as many starved, therefore, they believed their agreement with their ruler had been violated.
The government was no longer serving them as many starved, therefore, they believed their agreement with their ruler had been violated.

They argued it was OK to break with one’s government if citizens had been mistreated.
They argued it was OK to break with one’s government if citizens had been mistreated.

Since consent to rule came from the people, the king could be overthrown when he violated his subjects’ rights.

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All of the above. The French invoked Enlightenment ideas (Locke, Rousseau) — that people have natural rights (life, liberty, property), that government exists by a social contract and consent of the governed, and that if the ruler violates that contract (fails to protect rights or provide for the people) citizens may legitimately resist and overthrow the government.