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why people have right to overthrow the king? john Locke
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Which action could be justified by ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government
What does It is right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government mean?
If a government is not responsive to the needs of its people, people have the right to overthrow the government and develop a new system of government. In the case of the American Revolution, this was a violent overthrow and the creation of a whole new type of government.
Which document included john Locke's idea that people have the right to overthrow an oppressive government?
the decleration of independence
Where is the idea that Americans have the right to abolish an abusive government stated?
It's not a law. The idea is in the Declaration of Independance, that people may change their government if there have been "a long train of abuses". Also, Abraham Lincoln speaking of people and their government, spoke of their, "revolutionary right to overthrow it", though it was rather odd for him to say that in his first inaugeration speech, as future events would show.
What English philosopher argued that people have the right to rebel against a tyrannical government?
John Locke and Thomas Jefferson put that in the Declaration of Indpendence.
