How did the Enlightenment idea of the social contract affect the US government?

The social contract is an agreement in which people accept government in return for the government protecting their rights and serving the people it governs. This is best expressed by the idea that the US government is organized to meet its obligations toward those it governs. Choice C is too narrow: social contract theory does not require citizens to vote on whether they consent to be governed.

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