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thomas jefferson incorporated john lockes idea of the social contract theory in the declaration of independence because this idea

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Thomas Jefferson incorporated John Locke's idea of the social contract theory in the declaration of independence because this idea held that if a government stops respecting the rights of the people or becomes tyrannical, then the people have a right to overthrow this government. 
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