Question

Connections between the declaration of independence and the first prinple popular sovereignty be sure to include a quote from the declaration of independance

Answer 1

We can find the principle of popular sovereignty in this direct quote from the declaration of independence:

"Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

In the quote, we can see that the founding fathers believed that government authority stemmed from the consent of the governed. In other words, that the legitimacy of government comes from the people, and nothing else.