Which quote from the Declaration of Independence shows that the colonists were influenced by John Locke's idea of a social contract? A: "Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes."
B: "He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us."
C: "He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good."
D: "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it."