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

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.

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

Explanation: This reflects the social-contract idea from Enlightenment thought. (In practice John Locke — not Hobbes — most directly inspired the Revolution by arguing that rulers who violate natural rights lose legitimacy.)