1.What rights do you think you have as an American? When did you last think about those rights? 2.How does the American view of representation differ from the British view?
3.What does today’s Tea Party have in common with the Boston Tea Party?
4.Was the American Revolution really about taxation, or was it about something else?
5.What has the Declaration of Independence’s statement on equality meant to Americans? How are Americans equal, and not equal, today?
6.Why didn’t the Articles of Confederation work as a governing document?

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

a.

congress passed laws allowing for free passage between states.

a. men

and during later times male slaves as well

powerful warriors rose to become chiefs, who had a privileged place in society.