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How did the French use Enlightenment ideas to justify revolution?(1 point)

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

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

The French stated that they had natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

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

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

(Enlightenment thinkers like Locke and Rousseau argued government legitimacy comes from the consent of the governed and must protect natural rights — if it fails, people may revolt; the Declaration of the Rights of Man reflects these ideas.)