4. Through the 1900s, many changes took place in Samoa. Until 1951, the United States Naval Station Tutuila ruled the island nation. Indigenous people didn’t have a say in the development of their own land. In 1951, the U.S. Department of the Interior took over the governance of American Samoa and appointed a governor from the U.S., still not in consultation with the Indigenous population. The governor, a man by the name of Phelps Phelps, made further appointments without consulting the locals. This meant having an entire government that was not elected by the people, which violates one of the central tenets of U.S. democracy.
What does the word tenet mean in paragraph 4?
A.
announcement
B.
leader
C.
principle
D.
question