Question

Why did settlers in the colony need governments

Answer 1

Colonists genuinely believed that they had the right to rule themselves, to be divided from Britain by the ocean, and to have founded a whole new society.

Answer 2

It was in essence, a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the compact's rules and regulations for the sake of survival. Thus, the colonists sincerely believed that they had the right to govern themselves, being separated from Britain by an ocean and having founded an entirely new society.

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