Use this excerpt from the U$.$S$.$ Declaration of Independence $(1776)$ to answer the following question.

Which phrase most clearly describes the principles of popular sovereignty?

That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

That all men are created equal

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among us$,$ deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

We hold these truths to be self$-$evident