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Question 2

The Declaration of Independence was significant because
it expressed the social contract view that government is legitimate only with the consent of the governed.
It implicitly rejected the divine right of kings to govern.
it expressed the Lockean Enlightenment view of the right of self-governance.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The Declaration of Independence put forth the doctrines of natural rights and of government under social contract. The document claimed that Parliament never truly possessed sovereignty over the colonies and that George III had persistently violated the agreement between himself as governor and the Americans as the governed.