... the Second Treatise of Government because it expressed exactly what the Declaration needed to say. In a sense, the first portion of the Declaration is just a summed up version of Locke's essay. However, John Locke went into extreme detail and gave reasons and purpose for his ideas. Jefferson stated in the simplest way the principles that the colonies wished to establish. Another difference is ... in the manner upon which they were written. Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence as a statement to establish just cause for the actions that the colonies were going to take. John Loc...

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... lived in the late 17th century. A writer of political principle books, Locke was greatly influenced by the beliefs of Thomas Hobbes, another English philosopher. John Locke believed people live in anarchy, that is a "state of nature." People needed and chose a leader. Mr. Locke's writings stated that the leader or government was bound by an unwritten ... more than 3,000 books. It's fabled that only 30 or so of those were unread by him. Jefferson was extremely interested in Locke's opinions, documented in Two Treaties on Civil Government. In the creation of the new nation, Thomas Jefferso...

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... rights are very similar to those of Jefferson. Both men say that all men are created equal. All men have equal privileges of the law as any other man would. Locke says that all men have the freedom to life, liberty, and his estate. Jefferson claims that all men have the freedom to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Both ... and sharing. They are a party of the government and have a fair say in the consent of the governed. The rights to rebellion and revolution itself have similar meanings between Locke and Jefferson. Locke discus's that people without any murmur will cause the...

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... Washington's family Adams' wasn't as wealthy. Adams, however, was motivated to change that. He was a very well educated man and eventually graduated from Harvard University. After Harvard, John Adams studied law and ultimately became one of the most famous attorneys in Massachusetts. This brought him wealth and notoriety, something Adams strove for. His desire for a famous reputation led ... political philosophers, who contributed profoundly to American political thought. Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States has been regarded as one of the most brilliant men in hist...

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... . It influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the rights of man and of the Citizen. These political, economic, and social changes from the Enlightenment influenced the Documents. John Locke advocated the three natural rights of man, which influenced many of the Enlightenment's changes and revolution. These rights are the basis that Thomas Jefferson made for our Declaration of Independence ... . Locke made the three natural rights that state that everyone is able to have life, Liberty and the right to own property. Locke also stated that if the Government did not p...

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... a price you have to pay for living in a society. In their mind, if they were in a state of nature then they would not have to abide by such laws. As John Locke pointed out, we all are here for the preservation of mankind. We make these sacrifices for protection and, in the end, not only benefit the individual but also benefit the ... community, society, or nation. (Locke, pgs. 170-171, 180-186). So each citizen, in order to (in Abraham Lincoln's word's) form a more perfect union, must make certain sacrifices which in the end, not only helps ... ...

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... merits of the Montesquieu did not turn up until The Federalist; and although a perverse argument could be made that Madison's ideal was truly in the tradition of John Locke's Second Treatise of Government, the Locke whom the American rebels treated as an honorary president was a pluralistic defender of vested rights, not of parliamentary supremacy. The critical fight was over representation of the states ... ...

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... book in 1975 and the McGraw-Hill Book Company in New York published it. This book goes thought the live of six Americans: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Sojourner Truth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau. It shows their true character. Benjamin Franklin was a jack-of- ... beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain." John Adams guided the young United States through some of its most serious troubles. He served under George Washington as the first vice president, ... Wear...

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... ideals were given substance and clarity in the Bill of Rights. The break with the British Monarchy forced American thinkers such as John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry to put into practice the ideas of people like John Locke. These were the building blocks of what would later become a wave of revolutions in Europe. Basically the notion of kings and ... ...

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... July 2nd, 1776. However, on the 10th of June in when they decided they should write a decleration of indipendence, and they appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. At first Thomas Jefferson ask John Adams if he could write it. He replied "First, you are a Virginian, ought to be in charge of buissness, next I am obnoxious, suspected ... read, things that clarify thoughts which justify their own thoughts, or which suggest ideas that are already predisposed to accept. Many different philosophers have many different ideas about nat...

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... to fight back. The Republicans pinned their hopes on the state legislatures for a reversal of the Acts. The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions, as they were known, used the ideas of John Locke to argue that the federal government had been formed by a contract among the states and possessed only certain delegated powers. The "resolution" in the Kentucky Resolutions is that ... ...

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... job like protecting its citizens and their rights then the people have the right to revolt and replace the government with a new one. This obviously came from the writing of John Locke who believed that the people are the true power and not the government. The Declaration then goes on to list all the complaints against King George III. Some of the ... ...

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... reason and the will of the people. The thoughts and reasoning of the European Enlightenment can be clearly seen in the foundation of American government by the Constitution. In 1690 John Locke came up with an idea. This notation, called the social contract, that held an unwritten contract or argeement existed between the people and their rulers. This allowed the government to ... ...

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... the people. Philosophes like Adam Smith used economic reasoning to develop a system of division of labor and economic liberty for the people. These ideas, as well as the ideas of John Locke, who thought that we were born without preconceived ideas, were used to invent a nation: the United States of America. The philosophes were the energetic French thinkers of the Enlightenment. Their ... ...

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