This document clearly outlines the history of abuses and exploitations the colonies endured under the rule of King George the lll. ... This includes the ideas of many prominent writers such as Thomas Hobbes, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and particularly John Locke. ... John Locke believed that humans by nature had the right to protection of life, health, possession and liberty. ... Moreover, King George the III established tyrannical control by maintaining a strong military presence under his direct command. ... However, each appeal to fairness and justice has been neglected by the King. ...

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Through out this period came great Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke and Voltaire. John Locke, the earliest Enlightenment thinker, was born in England in 1632. ... If the government or king were to fail that, the people had the right to over throw them with no shame. That is why he encouraged a limited monarchy because then if powers were separated, the king would not have so much power. ...

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On June 11th 1776, a five men committee consisting of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman was appointed to write a draft of the Declaration by the Continental Congress. ... Afterwards a trial was held but the British, represented by John Adams and Josiah Quincy III, were acquitted. ... Even the king cannot be immune to the "Laws of Nature". ... Following the preamble is a long list of, historical and political, wrong doings by King George III, who is referred to as "He". ... It appealed to its audience because it was written...

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During the Glorious Revolution, tensions drew in America over the crowning of King James II. ... (American Enlightenment [1], 2) Other political ideas reached America, such as John Locke's publications on contractual government and the divine right of kings. ... Descartes" theories were opposed, however, by British philosophers of the empiricist tradition, such as John Locke, who believed that all ideas are derived from the senses. ... As John Locke wrote in The Reasonableness of Christianity:In this state of darkness and ignorance of the true God, vice and superstition held the world; no...

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In the Second Treatise of Civil Government written in 1689 by John Locke, Locke implies that individuals' personality and possessions is free if they are within the law of nature and not bounded by others individuals like Britishers. ... Paine in his pamphlet states that if Americans did not fight for independence and remained in the hands of the Britain king, there would be negativity ruling in the whole country. ... Paine asserts that, "The king's negative here is ten times more dangerous and fatal that can it be in England, for there he will scarcely refuse his consent to a b...

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As the uprising of the American Revolution broke, Jefferson was a leading lawyer, successful planter, lover of books, science, and music, a devoted husband and father and at the time a loyal subject of the king. ... On June 7, 1776 Jefferson joined with Ben Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman to became apart of a Congressional committee proposing Independence. Therefore by July 4, 1776 the Second Continental Congress proclaimed the Declaration of Independence to George III, the king of Britain. ... As a push from the Democratic-Republican Party Jefferson became a pr...

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The philosopher, John Locke, argued that it is the government's soul duty role to protect its peoples' rights to Liberty, Life, and private property. ... Both the French and American declarations portray the tyranny of their current government: one by the monarchy of the British King; the other, an Oligarchy class structure. ...

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As a result of the American Revolution the socio-political structure of America radically changed. During the time of rebellion, America achieved a higher plane of social and political life than had ever been seen before. Furthermore, political thought was the most formulated ever in American histor...

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Led by Alexander Hamilton and John Adams, the Federalists based their views in the belief that a government should be run by a central power. ... They were outraged at the violence of the war and in the murder of the king, queen, and many nobles. ...

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He warned the new king Charles II that his usage owas for the most part destructive to his citizens at home and with his characteristic outspoken manner, frequently spoke up for the freedoms and rights of the lower classes. ... John Hancock If there was ever a more recognizable name during the Revolutionary War period of American history, it was most certainly the deservingly famed representative John Hancock. ... If there was one such a gentleman who sided with American Independence, this again was John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence. ...

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Hamilton was joined by Vice President John Quincy Adams leading the Federalists, who acknowledged a strong central government. ... President Jackson's political adversaries branded him "King Andrew" or "King Veto" because of the uncommon and bizarre power he seemed to be maintaining (Doc. 7). ...

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The Writing of the Constitution On July 2, 1776, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson finished the final draft of their Declaration of Independence. ... Some major justifications which were listed are: "He[King George III] has forbidden his Governors to pass laws of immediate and pressing importance," quartering "large bodies of armed troops" among people in the New world and for "imposing taxes on us without our consent." ...

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Madison A conflict regarding John Adam's midnight judges and the Judiciary Act of 1801: William Marbury was one of several judges who had been promised a seat by John Adams, but never received a commission. ... Chief Justice John Marshall ruled that the ethical solution would be for Madison to deliver the commission, however the Supreme Court had no authority to order him to do so because according to the Constitution, the Supreme Court does not have original jurisdiction over cases regarding writs of mandamus. ...

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When Hamilton arrived in the United States, he enrolled at King's College (now Columbia University) in New York. While at King's, Hamilton wrote anonymous pamphlets for newspapers and exhibited a solid grasp and knowledge of the British and American governments [http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html]. ... Hamilton took these ideas and along with James Madison and John Jay wrote The Federalist. ...

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No soul dared to threaten the authority of king or church as those who did might be tortured or burned at the stake. ... John Locke presented the reinvented theory that, symbolic of a social contract, there must be a compromise between the sovereign and his subjects whereby respect for the ruler receives an equal respect for the liberties and rights of property of his people, as opposed to a complete surrender of rights for nothing in return, in which case the contract should be dissolved. ... The obvious danger of such economic control initiated a full-blown assailment against wealth, peculia...

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Man's law which is also known as the law of Nature and God's law is mentioned once again when John Winthrop speaks to the settlers from the Arbella ship. ... Also Martin Luther King, a reverend, led the civil rights movement in a hostile culture to gain rights for the minority. ...

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