Why does Tocqueville consider it an “impious and detestable...maxim that in matters of government the majority of a people has the right to do anything”?

racism and segregation.

religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british--an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. the revolution strengthened millennialist strains in american.

it was justfied as english were being brutal to the colonist and they needed to be stopped therfor causing a war but the moral over that is yes it was justifed