THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the pollical bands which have connected them with another ____ “
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“That these United Colonies are ____ free and independent Sates ____ and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved ____ “
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“All men are created equal ____ with life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.”
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“Government is an intermediate body set up between the subjects and the Sovereign, to secure their mutual correspondence.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -The U.S. Constitution is often cited as an explicit example of part of America’s social contract. It sets out what the government can and cannot do. People who choose to live in America agree to be governed by the moral and political obligations outlined in the Constitution’s social contract.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Social Contract Quotes. “In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be made good for something. No man should be put to death, even as an example, if he can be left to live without danger to society.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Having created a political society and government through their consent, men then gain three things which they lacked in the State of Nature: laws, judges to adjudicate laws, and the executive power necessary to enforce these laws.