The idea of the social contract had a huge impact on the founding of the nation. The founding fathers particularly Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison believed that a government is established by the free choice of its people and is required to serve the people
An Indian ruler entering into a subsidiary alliance with the British had to accept British forces in his territory and also agreed to pay for their maintenance. If the Indian rulers failed to make the payments required by the alliance, then part art of their territory was to be taken away as a penalty.