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What concept did American colonists believe justified their demand for a new government?
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John Locke's idea of the social contract
Adam Smith's principle of free trade and free markets
Voltaire's ideas about religious tolerance
Montesquieu's idea of separation of powers
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John Locke's idea of the social contract
Locke argued that governments derive legitimacy from the consent of the governed and exist to protect natural rights; if a government fails, the people have the right to replace it—an idea colonists used to justify revolution.
Locke argued that governments derive legitimacy from the consent of the governed and exist to protect natural rights; if a government fails, the people have the right to replace it—an idea colonists used to justify revolution.
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