Devolution is ______.

a. the idea that governmental responsibilities should be shifted to the private sector
b. the transfer of power from the central to the regional governments
c. an increase in authority at the federal level at the expense of the states
d. a decrease in taxation as the government becomes more efficient
e. the transfer of power from regional governments to a central government

b. the transfer of power from the central to the regional governments

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a. Leviathan b. Two Treatises on Government c. Second Treatise d. On Liberty e. Mayflower Compact

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