The Issuing of the Declaration of Independence is associated with "Governments are instituted among men..."

Which event do we associate with "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"?

(A) The issuing of the Declaration of Independence
(B) A naval victory of John Paul Jones
(C) The signing of the Mayflower Compact
(D) The First Continental Congress
(E) The outbreak of the American Revolution