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What was an example of a social contract theory in Colonial America?

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What was an example of a social contract theory in Colonial America?

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The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower. A social contract theory is the view that peoples political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. The Mayflower Compact was a social contract theory because it was an agreement on the set of rules for self-governance.

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Which statement explains the importance of the Magna Carta to the development of self-government?

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Which statement explains the importance of the Magna Carta to the development of self-government?

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The answer is "It was the first document to limit the king." This explains the importance of the Magna Carta to the development of self-government because by limiting the powers of the king it gave the people more power and they could become closer to self government.

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1st document to limit powers of the king

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example of social contract theory in Colonies

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formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain

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The First Continental Congress convened on September 5, 1774, to protest the Intolerable Acts. The congress endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, voted for a boycott of British imports, and sent a petition to King George III, conceding to Parliament the power of regulation of commerce but stringently objecting to its arbitrary taxation and unfair judicial system.

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1st time British government punished the colonies