SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
MAYFLOWER COMPACT DEFINITION SUMMARY HISTORY
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the Mayflower Compact and John Locke’s social contract theory
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the English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
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Magna Carta and Montesquieu’s separation of powers
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the Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu’s separation of powers
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Detailed explanation-1: -In simple terms, social contract theory asserts that government exists only by the consent of the people in order to protect basic rights and promote the common good of society.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mayflower Compact reflects social contract theory because it is a document signed and agreed upon by individuals who wanted to form a self-government. The compact was a set of temporary rules based on majority agreement.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hobbes and Locke argued that the state had arisen out of a voluntary agreement, or social contract, made by individuals who recognised that only the establishment of sovereign power could safeguard them from the insecurity of the state of nature.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hobbes theory of Social Contract supports absolute sovereign without giving any value to individuals, while Locke and Rousseau supports individual than the state or the government.