The principle that government can only do what its people give it the authority to do is called
a.) separation of powers.
b.) popular sovereignty.
c.) limited government.
d.) checks and balances.

Answer

A.is the answer, limited government

Explanation:

Explanation:

The doctrine that the government is created and sustained by the will of people is called popular sovereignty. In US all the power originated from people as US  is a sovereign state. Being sovereign means that it administers its own government and is not subject to a monarch. This concept was popularised by Stephen A. Douglas in 1854 and was invoked in the Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act but Senator Lewis Cass of Michigan was the person who gave the concept of popular sovereignty while opposing Wilmot Proviso in 1846. It context of US it was was applied to the idea  that the colonialists should be able to decide  the terms under which they could join the union.

consider an orange peel: if you want to try and lay it flat, you have to stretch it, we know exactly how things are being stretched or squashed at any given point. we have many different map projections because each has different patterns of some projections can even preserve certain features of the earth without

a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."