During a revolution against European rule, a Latin American leader wrote the following passage. Which Enlightenment principles does the author hope to establish in his home country?

We have been harassed by a conduct which has not only deprived us of our rights but has kept us in a sort of permanent infancy with regard to public affairs. If we could at least have managed our domestic affairs and our internal administration, we could have acquainted ourselves with the processes and mechanics of public affairs. We should also have enjoyed a personal consideration, thereby commanding a certain unconscious respect from the people, which is so necessary to preserve amidst revolutions.

A. Political equality
B. Civil disobedience
C. Popular sovereignty
D. Imperialism

Popular sovereignty was coined vis-à-vis that of national sovereignty, which was interpreted in a restrictive manner as sovereignty resident in the nation, a difficult definition that can be identified with more difficulty and restricted in its effective representation to the highest levels of society (suffrage census); while the principle of popular sovereignty is born with constitutional rights and guarantees.