Why was the creation of the printing press essential to the spread of the Reformation?

Since printing presses produced the same material regardless of where it was the messages and ideas that were in the theses were shared to everyone that read them regardless of location.

Explanation: This is a huge reason behind why the Protestant Reformation gained so much traction.

a social contract.

"a social contract is an agreement between citizens and their leader where the citizens give up certain freedoms in exchange for protection. the constitution of the united states is an example of a social contract."