Of the following men, which one believed that sovereign powers reside with the citizens and the government gets its authority from the consent of the governed?
thomas paine
john hanwingspan
jean-jacques rousseau
charles-louis de secondat, baron de montesquieu

explanation:

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the right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.  " the  participant in european imperialism is being described below is that  their policy of "divide and rule" pitted political groups against each other to keep any one group from becoming too powerful.