Question

Which statement from the Declaration of Independence

best reflects the Enlightenment idea of popular sovereignty?

Answer 1

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Answer 2

The statement from the Declaration of Independence  that best reflects the Enlightenment idea of popular sovereignty is,

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

The edification had a great deal to do with the statement. the time of edification delivered new thoughts from illumination scholars suck as John Locke and the common rights which Thomas Jefferson put in the revelation of freedom.