The settlers were enclosing land and engaged in wars with the Native Americans.

殖民者在圈地并挑起了与印第安人的战争
Locke, who was an administrator of one of the colonies,

洛克这位昔日的殖民事务大臣
may have been as interested in providing a justification for private property

可能乐于正义化当时的土地私有化举动
through enclosure without consent through enclosure and cultivation,

即只要圈地并耕种该土地不需同意就能拥有它
as he was with developing a theory

同时他也在完善一个理论
of government based on consent that would rein in kings and arbitrary rulers.

基于同意建立的政府能限制国王和专制统治者
The question we're left with, the fundamental question

剩下的就是最基本的问题
we still haven't answered is

我们仍未解答
what then becomes of consent?

究竟同意是什么
What work can it do? What is its moral force?

同意有何用同意有何道德上的力量
What are the limits of consent?

同意又有何限制
Consent matters not only for governments, but also for markets.

同意不只对政府很重要对市场也是