How did the Protestant Reformation assist in sixteenth and seventeenth-century state- building?

Explanation:

Followers of Luther and the Protestant reformers that came after him in the 16th and 17th centuries, placed a strong emphasis on literacy. As a result of the Reformation, literacy increased throughout Europe, particularly among the common people.

a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."