In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies declared their independence from Britain. With the help of France and Spain, they defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War. In the Treaty of Paris (1783), Britain officially recognized the independence of the United States of America.
A social contract is an agreement between <u>the ruled and their rulers or the government and the people.</u>
In political philosophy the concept of the social contract was first fully developed by the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes in his book named "Leviathan: The Matter, Form, and Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiastical and Civil" (1651).
The author defined a social contract as an agreement between the ruled and their rulers, in which all individuals in a society cede their natural rights (life, liberty, property, etc.) to an absolute government, even meaning that individuals would have to accept abuses of power. Through the contract people could live better and maintain peace, receive protection and avoid conflict by the establishment of a civil society.
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Clay believed that if Texas is be received into the Union as an integral part of it then it will destabilize the union and instead of acquiring Texas, it is better to compose and harmonize the present union rather than introducing as new component that would further add to the existing element of discord and distraction. He said that acquisition of foreign land is not right if it is done for strengthening one part against another part of the common confederacy and this can lead to dissolution of the Union
Explanation:
Clay believed that if Texas is be received into the Union as an integral part of it then it will destabilize the union and instead of acquiring Texas, it is better to compose and harmonize the present union rather than introducing as new component that would further add to the existing element of discord and distraction. He said that acquisition of foreign land is not right if it is done for strengthening one part against another part of the common confederacy and this can lead to dissolution of the Union
It was a bad decision on his part. Some may say his decision was good at the beginning but ultimately he made the choice to stay at war which led to a bad turn of events. Millions of dollars were spent on this and it wasn't even really successful, so I believe that was a poor decision.
