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Explain the basic aspects of a social contract. Who enters into this contract, and what are the rights and responsibilities associated with it?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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The modern Tea Party movement uses which historical event as a symbol of protest?
 
  a. the signing of the Declaration of Independence
  b. the imposition of the Intolerable Acts
  c. the creation of the first taxes against colonists
  d. the Battle of Yorktown
  e. the Boston Tea Party



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Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Explain that a social contract involves individuals creating and granting authority to a governing body that has a legal monopoly on power or force.
2, Discuss how citizens in the United States, for example, yield the absolute right to do what they want to the instruments of government (laws, courts, police, and prisons) in exchange for protections that enable them to enjoy life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
3, Describe how citizens are compelled by the government through the social contract to live up to responsibilities such as paying taxes, which they otherwise might not want to do.

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