<span> The social contract theory states that persons' moral and/or
political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among
them to form the society in which they live.
</span><span>The idea of social contract theory as articulated by John Locke is important because Lo</span>cke wants government to be *with the consent of the governed*, and he sees the social contract as the means to attain this.
It increased their chances of meeting other groups as they traveled from place to place.
