The ideas of the enlightenment, including the concept of the social contract, influenced the american revolution. which of these statements best explains what a social contract is?

The options are the following:

People choose government representatives who write and pass laws.

People rule through their elected representatives.

People run the state by exerting their will.

People support the government in exchange for rights and protection.

People support the government in exchange for rights and protection.

Explanation:

A social contract, as developed by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes, is an agreement between a group of people and their ruler, in which all individuals cede their natural rights (such as life, liberty, and property) to an absolute government in exchange for rights and protection. Under such agreement, the government has the duty to maintain peace, resolve conflicts, protect people, and establish a civil society.

a. competition with other nations.

every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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