Americans of the 1770s based their opposition to the British on all of the following ideas except
a. government should be distributed among several elements of society, not concentrated in a single center
b. taxes should be levied on people only if they participated in the process
c. sovereignty should be indivisible, with only a single, ultimate authority in a country
d. people should resist the government if it oppressed them, and they had the right to overthrow the government if necessary
e. a belief that people needed safeguards against abusive power
Answer: C