Government, education, legal systems, social events, clothing, and home decor were all governed by the regulations of Puritanism. ... (American Enlightenment [1], 2) Other political ideas reached America, such as John Locke's publications on contractual government and the divine right of kings. In his 1690 pamphlet, Two Treatises of Government, Locke stated that political sovereignty does not reside in the state, but in the people. He continued saying that the state has power only if governed by true and "natural" law. ... The movement was "marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than...

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