An enlightenment idea that influenced the declaration of independence was that a social contract
a-controls the way businesses make money.
b-specifies how much people must pay in taxes.
c-states the rights of rulers and citizens.
d-determines which class of people will be powerful.

C- states the rights of rulers and citizens.

While the Declaration of Independence which had many connections, the most important was the impact of the Social Contract. The Social Contract is the contract between the government and its residents and explains the rights of rulers and citizens.

John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Jean-Jacques Rousseau played the most important for the formulation of the social contract governmental philosophy. John Locke understood that administration was obligated to follow the will of the citizens who created it or popular sovereignty. He affirmed that every citizen was equal in the judgment of the government.