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Summarize how the Declaration of Independence embodies social contract theory in action.

The Declaration of Independence describes how the United States government is arranged.
The Declaration of Independence was the first U.S. Constitution. The Declaration of Independence lists the how the monarchy protected the people.
The Declaration of Independence lists all of the ways that the colonists felt their liberties had been violated by the king.

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The Declaration of Independence lists all of the ways that the colonists felt their liberties had been violated by the king.

Explanation: The Declaration of Independence was influenced by John Locke's ideas of natural rights and the social contract theory. the amendments are a list of grievances towards the king and how the colonists felt he had taken away they're natural rights

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