After the fall of the roman empire, the merovingian dynasty of the franks
conquered and established a kingdom in italy
crossed the english channel and conquered britain
drove the vikings out of scandinavia
ruled over a kingdom including most of modern-day france, the low countries, and western germany

Ruled over a kingdom including most of modern-day France, the Low Countries, and western Germany.

Explanation:

The Merovingian was the largest and most powerful kingdom of western Europe after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

The Merovingian dynasty was the royal family of the Franks since the 5th century and up to 751. They managed to unite under their rule all the Franks, the northern Gaulish Romans, he Visigoths, the Burgundians, Raetia, the Alemanni, Bavarii and Saxons.

b. after i get up in the morning,

explanation:

after is a subordinating conjunction that introduces a time clause. time clauses are dependent clauses used to indicate when something happened.

the clause "after i get up in the morning" tells when the action in the main clause (drinking a cup of coffee) happens:

"after i get up in the morning, i drink a cup of coffee." it is the most logical choice of all.

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.