... was growing up during the English Civil War, in which Parliamentary forces battled King Charles I over matters of taxation, political power, and true religion. His father argued and fought with the Parliament, and showed his Puritan religious views. Before college, Locke reviewed a basic education from his father before entering the Westminster School. There he studied, and prepared for Oxford college, ... on the small income he received from his father's estate. When William and Mary of Orange secured the throne, Locke was free to return to England. While in exile, Locke had been busy...

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