Answer:
Social contract theory says that people live together in society in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior. Some people believe that if we live according to a social contract, we can live morally by our own choice and not because a divine being requires it.
Explanation:
well most of the time the answer to that question in colonial times was only rich white men should vote. Of course as time went on we realized hey maybe other people should get to decide what happens in our country, (I say decided what it actually was was a wide spread protest and debate) this lead to the 15th amendment in 1870 that gave African men the right to vote and the 19th amendment in 1920 that gave white woman the right to vote.
<span>He promised to approach
American Foreign Policy by applying basic human rights. He planned to impart a
new morality in American diplomacy, one grounded in the pursuit of human
rights. The Carter administration thus spoken, planned, and applied a
human rights strategy that would serve as the foundation of Carter’s foreign
policy. The administration also related human rights concerns directly to the
conduct of foreign policy, together with a support for a bill halting
importation of Rhodesian (Zimbabwe) chrome and the lessening of foreign aid to
other nations that did not display adequate respect for human rights.</span>
they got two major points agreed and signed off:
1st: the most important to the Americans, was the Britian recognise the Thirteen Colonies to be free and independent states.
2nd: the boundries of the united states allowed for western expansion.