Locke's social contract theory was accepted by the U.S. colonists. They accepted this theory when the Declaration of Independence (DOI) was made on July 4, 1776. Locke's social contract theory was authorized by the words below in the DOI.
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with
certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit
of Happiness. -- That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among
Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -- That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,
laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form,
as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be
changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath
shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable,
than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards
for their future security.
The remaining words od the DOI had authorized the U.S .war against England.
Today, members of U.S. Congress say that the Declaration of Independence never hd laws other than laws of war against England. Thus, the U.S. Congress says that all new laws can come only from the Constitution and Congress. So, Locke's social contract theory has died. With this death, God is lost. With this loss, atheism is growing. Today, life in the USA is turning to money and away from God.
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