John Locke was will and most influential people in the French Revolution also in the American Revolution. ... Which John Locke's ideas of natural laws helped because he believed that if a government fails to provide the citizens with these laws that the citizens have the right to overthrow the government. ... So during the French Revolution there was a Constitution that was signed that would give the citizens and in forced the king to follow his own rules or he would either get punished exiled or even executed. ... John Locke is known as one of the most influential philosophers he had to ...

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The Olive Branch Petition The Olive Branch Petition was drafted by John Dickenson during the Second Continental Congress on July 5 1775. ... They met a compromise to plea with the King one last time to reach a reasonable solution. ... Among the signatures were those of John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Tomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Lewis Morris, Roger Sherman, and other founding fathers. King George refused to read the petition. ... The Loyalists did not agree with taxes and laws that the King declared. ...

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John Locke was born in Wrington, Somerset on August 29, 1632. ... The taxes were to be collected by local officials such as John's father. ... In 1649, rebels hung King Charles the first. ... King Charles the second elevated him to the peerage (peers as a class; those holding honorary titles), he joined the King's Privy Council, he became Lord Ashley, and then the Earl of the Shaftesbury. ... Meanwhile, King James the second began promoting Catholicism in England because his brother King Charles the second converted to Catholicism before he died in the February of 1685. ...

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The king's unjust rule in the colonies had to be abolished and replaced with their own just government. ... Although not specific, it is clear that the Founding Fathers inspiration for rebellion and abolition came from John Locke. ... John Locke extends the role of the state of nature into the idea of property. ... Every man is a "king". ... When Jefferson made his list of facts concerning the king's oppression of the states, it is clear that the pursuit of property would look very limiting to John Locke. ...

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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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The king of France, King Louis XVI, was a vital cause of the political influences of the Revolution. ... (Document 1) King Louis XVI didn't care about the well being of France. ... The king agreed to the declaration, but things didn't change. ... The king told them that things would change but it may take a while. ... They were using ideas from America, as well as from John Locke. ...

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John Locke was born on August 29, 1632, near Bristol, England. ... Locke 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. ... John Locke however, did not receive his degree in medicine from Oxford until 1674. ... These concepts originated from the philosophies of John Locke. ... Certainly John Locke had an influential voice to be heard by the people. ...

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This not only caused unrest for Washington, but for all colonists, who were now thinking of breaking away from King George III and England. ... A lesser person might have used this power to establish a military dictatorship or to become king. ... Washington lived only two years after turning over the presidency to his successor, John Adams. ... After the war John Adams became vice-president under George Washington for two terms. ... After John Adams Jefferson became the United States third president. ...

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John Locke was a Treatise writer and political philosopher who spoke against Sir Robert Filmer and wanted to justify the rule of King William. ... On the subject of ruling a country, John Locke brings up a constant concern. ... John Locke was obviously addressing Sir Robert Filmer because of his idea of a divine authority. ... When John Locke wrote about a civil government, he did not encourage it totally. ... In Chapter eleven John Locke calls legislature the supreme power in the government. ...

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Hobbes and Locke; the State of Nature and Sovereignty John Locke and Thomas Hobbes both wrote on many of the same issues of social philosophy yet due to a basic different philosophical conception of the world, they held very different opinions. ... For reasons too many psychoanalysts could posit, John Locke saw things quite differently, beginning most importantly with his conception of the state of nature. ... He saw man in the state of nature as a king, "an absolute lord over his person and possessions-. ... However as soon as it stops fulfilling its end of the deal, a la Kin...

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The colonists responded with the Stamp Act Congress, which drew up a petition to send to King George and Parliament. ... In the early 1760's, when revolutionary ideas were just beginning to emerge, people looked at two sources of information to justify radical ideas: the Bible and John Locke. The Bible told stories of an unjust King in Israel and how he was overthrown when he imposed unfair taxes on his people. ... John Locke, an English Enlightenment philosopher, argued that humans had "natural rights" to life, liberty, and property. ... Finally, colonists received a spirit of revolution...

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John Locke advocated the three natural rights of man, which influenced many of the Enlightenment's changes and revolution. ... The first two estates had never gotten taxed before and now they were going to be by King Louie the Sixteenth, because of France's huge debt problem. ... The Assembly formed an army and stormed the Bastille, where the king was living at the time with his wife and children. ... There were many great thinkers of the Enlightenment, such as John Locke, Galileo, Voltaire, J.J. ...

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John Dickinson was one of those people who did not agree with them. ... John Dickinson died at his home on February 14, 1808. ... Wanting a peaceful resolution Dickinson suggested petitions o the king and boycotting British goods. ...

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(www.freedomforum.org) In 12th century England, King John ruled with an iron fist regularly leaving heavy taxes and imposing his will as he saw fit. The English Barons grew tired of it and forced King John to sign what would be called the Magna Carta in 1215. ... During the 400 hundred years since King John signed the document, Parliament, the English legislature, gradually grew in influence. In 1628 Parliament's new strength decided not to approve the now King Charles I request for more taxes, until King Charles I signed the petition of right, which prohibited the monarch from arresting...

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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 American Revolution John Adams deliberated the reasons and worth of the fight. ... Jonathan Mayhew justified overthrowing the King by proving that intentional unjust laws are considered abuse. ... One would see petitions overlooked and the foolish and harshness of the crown (a.k.a. the King). ... John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, he calls for the people to stand up and fight with their fellow brothers. ... The law set against the colonists were unjust, and the King did not change them regardless of how many petitions the...

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Enlightenment thinkers influenced many of Paine's theories, such as John Locke and Jean- Jacques Rousseau. ... It is believed that at first the world was without kings, but the ancient Jews decided they wanted a King; and it is said that this angered God, but he let them have a King. There are specific pages of biblical evidence that addresses God's wrath at the idea of the Jews having a King. ... Even if the people were to choose to have a King that does not mean the King's child will be a future ruler. ... Paine was influenced by Voltaire, Jean- Jacques Rousseau, and John Loc...

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A motion was to remove the content stating that the King was a tyrant. ... On the flip side of the coin, Pennsylvania argued that the King could could not be a tyrant. ... Jefferson sticks by his beliefs and continues to testify that the King is, in fact, a tyrant. ... They had readily available supplies due to the wealth of Britain and the support of her king. ... And according to John Adams, slaves were also Americans. ...

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There were many important men in history of America, for example Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson. ... John Locke was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. ... John Locke highlights the need for a political state in the absence of one because of the insecurity created. ... Paine argues that the interests of the monarch and his people are united, and insists that the French Revolution should be understood as one which attacks the despotic principles of the French monarchy, not the king himself, and he...

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Philosophes such as John Locke and Mary Wollstonecraft introduced revolutionary ideas that all are equal and deserve certain rights. ... During the Enlightenment, John Locke was one of the pioneers of advocating equality (Williams, 11). ... However, the members of the Third Estate felt as if they deserved this equality that John Locke as well as the overall feeling of the Enlightenment advocated. Inspired, they went on to write cahiers de doleances, or lists of grievances, in which they demanded equality among all of the king's subjects. ... With John Locke's ideas in mind, the Natio...

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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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The idea that government was not all-powerful first appeared in the Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215. ... In the Magna Carta, the king also agreed that he could not tax the people without popular consent. ... The difference between this document and the other two documents was that the Declaration of Independence stated specific complaints against King George III and whereas, the English Bill of Rights pertained to people in the colonies and in England, this document pertained only to those living in America. ... Taking a step further from what has been stated abo...

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This statement from John Dickinson's "Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania" between 1767 and 1768, shows that the sole reason for new taxes is just for the British government to make money, at the expense of the economy of the colonies. ... The King is openly cursed everything is ripe for rebellion. ... Seven men were assigned to write this document, but it was chiefly the work of Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson. ... "Men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of Great Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, COME, COME, WE SHALL BE FRIENDS...

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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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