... a democratic society, liberalist points of view, republicanism, and also the idea of religious tolerance. These ideas soon became contagious throughout the original thirteen colonies and led to a new sort of political and social since of identity. John Locke was a very large influence on politics during the pre-coming of the revolution. Locke published his "Two Treatises of Government in 1689; which ... stated that because of their natural rights, it is "the right of the people to overthrow their leaders if those leaders interfered with their rights as Englishmen". Locke stirred the ide...

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