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The Declaration of Independence
Divine rights had little influence of the American system?
how are the concept of social contract and the purpose of government related
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They cited Locke's thesis that the people established their government Hope that helps :)
ESHS Government and Citizenship 01 Foundations of American Government Topic 1 Question 1: Social Contract Theory
The Government shall only do the stuffs that will be good for its people and the people will choose the government and if government is not doing right, people have the right to throw the government.
The US government functions under a social contract. As a matter of fact all governments including the Roman empire are run on a social contract.
His "social contract" theory established that a government should serve and protect the people under it - acting only with "consent of the governed".
The social contract basically says that the government should say out of of the people business.
The United States is part of the Social Contract Theory which provides the foundation for a government that rests on the consent of the governed, a principle critical to the Declaration of Independent and the Constitution ... This theory was pioneered by John Lock who thought the people will give up some rights to the government in order to preserve social order ...
social contract is a agreement makes by the government and society i hope its helpful (=