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Does anyone know which speaker mostly agrees with enlightenment ideas as expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

Does anyone know which speaker mostly agrees with enlightenment ideas as expressed-example-1
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Answer:

The CORRECT answer (depending on wich quiz you're given) is Speaker 3

Step-by-step explanation:

I got it correct myself and I got a 100% on the quiz!

Hopefully this helps!

Answer Information:

Class: United States Government

Chapter of Class: Inspiration for Independence

Assignment type & Number: Quiz 1.3.2

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Answer:

Speaker 2

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the main ideas of the Enlightenment is that of the Social Contract, developed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

According to this idea, people, by their own will, give up some of their freedoms to the state, in exchange for protection and the administration of justice. By the same logic, if the rulers govern in ways that go against the wishes of the people, then they have the right to depose their rulers because they would be violating the social contract.

For this reason, speaker 2 would be the one who mostly agrees with enlightenment ideas, because speaker 2 is expressing the idea of the social contract, and the right of the people from the colonies to depose their ruler: King George III.

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