The answer best suited here is social contract. Because when King George III ruled over the colonies, he lost the consent of the governed (the American colonists). The Founding Fathers who wrote the Declaration of Independence stated that King George III, broke the social contract; thus violating their rights and interests. As they lived in a new country and did not have legal representation in Parliament in England, nor were they asked, when King George III taxed them heavily and prevented them from their natural born rights.