Question

explain how the declaration of independence ties to the ideas and philosophies of the enlightenment especially john locke's theory of social contract

Answer 1

America gained the motivation and the ideas from him like how if a gov't is not tending to its people's needs the people have the right to rebel and start their own go'vt. the colonies felt neglected and mistreated because of salutary neglect. Britain had many problems at home to tend to. So their attention was somewhere else.