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Read the excerpts below. Then answer Numbers 51 and 52.
Article 1
“That all government of right originates from the people;...they have...the right to alter, reform, or abolish their form of Government....”

Article 24
“That no man ought to be taken or imprisoned...but by the judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land.”

–Maryland Declaration of Rights

Which of these constitutional principles is described in Article 1 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights?
 
Fake Radio Button   A     The people should have equal protection under the law.
Fake Radio Button   B     State governments and the federal government share powers.
Fake Radio Button   C     The people in a democratic society give their consent to be governed.
Fake Radio Button   D     Each branch of the government has powers over the other branches.
 
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