Use the passage from william jennings bryan's "cross of gold" speech to answer the question.

they complain about the plank which declares against the life tenure in office. they have tried to strain it to mean that which it does not mean. what we oppose in that plank is the life tenure that is being built up in washington which establishes an office-holding class and excludes from participation in the benefits the humbler members of our society.

in a few sentences, identify bryan's claim in this passage and cite the reasoning he uses in support of his claim.

answer; together, washington and rochambeau marched their combined force south to virginia in 1781 and trapped british gen, charles cornwallis and 8,000 british troops at yorktown, forcing their

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality. 

protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.