Which statement correctly analyzes how Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes’s ideas impacted the American Revolution?(1 point)

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Colonists revolted when their rights to life, liberty, and property were ignored by the king.
Colonists revolted when their rights to life, liberty, and property were ignored by the king.

Thomas Hobbes rewrote the founding document of the revolution to include women, emphasizing equality.
Thomas Hobbes rewrote the founding document of the revolution to include women, emphasizing equality.

Colonists felt that their agreement with the king had been broken when he violated their rights.
Colonists felt that their agreement with the king had been broken when he violated their rights.

Thomas Hobbes’s ideas on liberty, equality, and fraternity became the rallying cry of the American Revolution.

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The statement that correctly analyzes how Enlightenment thinker Thomas Hobbes’s ideas impacted the American Revolution is:

Colonists felt that their agreement with the king had been broken when he violated their rights.

Hobbes's social contract theory suggested that government authority is based on the consent of the governed and that if a ruler fails to protect the people's rights, the people have the right to revolt. This concept influenced American colonists' views on their relationship with the British monarchy during the Revolution.