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GCSE History · key term
The principle that a government’s legitimate authority comes from the agreement of the people it governs.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Paper 2
Revise: Right to RepresentationThe key political principle was consent of the governed. Government should derive its authority from the people rather than simply from a monarch’s position. This challenged royal authority more fundamentally than a request to reduce a tax.
Paper 2
The principle that a government’s authority depends on the agreement of the people it governs.
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Governments existed to protect those rights and derived their authority from the consent of the governed. If a government destroyed those rights, the people could alter or abolish it. A list of grievances against George III then explained why the colonists believed separation was justified.