USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An agreement between people and the government to give up some rights for safety and protection
A
Philosophers
B
Democracy
C
Social Contract
D
Divine Right of Kings
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The social contract is based on the express or implied consent of the people to give up some of the freedoms that they enjoyed in the state of nature in exchange for the protection of their remaining rights and the maintenance of social order.

Detailed explanation-2: -A social contract is an implicit agreement between the people and their government about what each side provides to the other. The terms of the agreement can vary widely.

Detailed explanation-3: -Social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons’ moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live.

Detailed explanation-4: -social contract, in political philosophy, an actual or hypothetical compact, or agreement, between the ruled or between the ruled and their rulers, defining the rights and duties of each.

Detailed explanation-5: -A social contract is an unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security. The philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau popularized the idea of the social contract in the 1700s, but it’s just as applicable today.

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