During the 1600’s the enlightenment was when English thinkers put forth their ideas into political actions. John Locke experienced political turmoil of England four centuries ago. However he always came to a lot of different conclusions about politics and human nature. With this being said I see he has gone out his way to influence and make a big impact towards the American revolution and the French revolution.
John Locke’s idea’s help create and develop the social contract. The social contract is an agreement for society members to come together and make sacrifices for social benefits. This at the time had influenced a lot of people such as Thomas jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the founding fathers who were individuals from the thirteen British colonies in North America, who agreed to sign the Declaration of Independence. It seems as if John Locke
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In the Enlightenment, people had new ideas about government. In addition, Locke gave the French ideas to help their country work more efficiently. Around this time it seemed that governments had absolute monarchies, which were kings or rulers who had all the power to enforce and change rules. John Locke was rebellious to that idea so he came up with something that the french might like or change. Locke didn’t want kings to have absolute power, he felt as if that was going against his three natural rights: Life, Liberty, and property. Instead he believed in a constitutional government, which is when the ruler or king has to follow rules to. He believed that people was born with freedom, so instead of having an absolute ruler he made sure the governments power came from the consent of the people. Locke had a deep influence on modern political thinking, so he made the government change the way they ran their organization and it ended working out in the