Past governments, such the King of England who ruled the colonies before the U. S. revolution, a. had a good habit of protecting people’s freedoms.
b. had a bad habit of trampling over people’s freedoms and rights.
c. were trustworthy and honest.
d. None of the above.

social contract theory, nearly as old as philosophy itself, is the view that persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live

it's a to start a war with the americans

they gained control over the philippines, east dutch indies/indonesia, much of new guinea, the solomon islands, guam, and other strategic areas all over the western pacific. japan even occupied part of the aleutian islands, which belonged to alaska.

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