Question

"When a long train of abuses and usurpations evinces a design to reduce them [the colonists] under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."-Declaration of Independence Under what principle of government do the people have the duty described in this quote? (3 points)

Answer 1

Answer:social contract

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Answer 2

The principle of government do the people have the duty described in this quote is under social contract. It is an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits, for example by sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. Theories of a social contract became popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries among theorists such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as a means of explaining the origin of government and the obligations of subjects.