Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present).
The principle that government authority is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
Popular sovereignty appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Thematic Studies, especially Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present) and Right to Representation.
Thematic Studies
Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present) • Right to Representation
Period Studies
America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) • Background to the Civil War
Period Studies
America: Expansion and Consolidation (1840–1895) • Background to the Civil War
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