Enlightenment thinker john locke believed that the government had an obligation to the people it governs to protect their natural rights. if the government failed to do this, then what did the people have the right to do?

the people had the right to revolt and rebel

Explanation:

this is because he believed the government represented the people and believed they should protect their natural rights

To abolish the government and institute a new one.

Explanation:

John Lock developed these ideas in one of his most famous works: "Two Treatises of Government" (1689). In this work of political philosophy, John Locke claimed that men were by nature free and equal, but with the purpose to interact in a healthy society, it was necessary that they transferred some of their rights to a government. Such government had to be elected by the people and it should protect people's natural rights of life, liberty, and property. However, he also claimed that when the government failed to protect these rights, people had the right to abolish the government and institute a new one.

2. a land bridge connected asia and north america thousands of years ago.

4. crossing the land bridge would have been simple for the first migrants.

5. people might have crossed a land bridge while hunting animals.

the vast majority of ballots have been counted nearly two weeks after one of the biggest political upsets in modern u.s. history catapulted donald trump to the presidency.

estimates show more than 58 percent of eligible voters went to the polls during the 2016 election, nearly breaking even with the turnout rate set during the last presidential election in 2012, even as the final tallies in states like california continue to be calculated, according to statistics collected by the u.s. elections project.

but among those figures were stark contrasts in key states that swing the election to trump — in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, michigan and elsewhere — indicating the president-elect’s leap from long-shot candidate to the most powerful political position in the world may have happened in part because of apathy toward hillary clinton’s candidacy, especially among the democratic base, several political scientists and organizations monitoring voter turnout told the pbs newshour.

while clinton is leading the popular vote by more than 1.5 million over trump as of sunday, she trails president obama’s 2012 totals by more than 2 million ballots — a chasm that may have cost her the election, said david becker, co-founder of the center for election and innovation and research.

“several million voters didn’t come out to vote,” becker said. “which is telling me that this idea of the trump wave, a huge number of voters shifting over to trump, is certainly not the story.”