How Did Martin Luther Influence In America

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The historical figure that most influenced Europe during the Transformation periods was Martin Luther. Martin Luther was the most influential because of how he initiated the Protestant Reformation. Luther’s work, “95 Theses”, attacked the Catholic Church’s selling of indulgences and put forward the beliefs that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith, not by their deeds. These two beliefs sparked the Protestant Reformation. The Catholic Church became forever divided and the Protestantism that came was shaped by Luther’s ideas. Europe became divided across confessional and territorial lines, and extreme religious turmoil led to warfare in Europe. Martin Luther changed both the religious and cultural history of Europe. Had he not created his “95 Theses”, the Catholic Church would still be in control of the world today. All of the discoveries we have uncovered would still be masked by the beliefs of the

According to Locke, a ruler gains their authority through the consent of those being governed. Additionally, he believed the government’s duty was to protect the natural rights of the people. The three natural rights Locke believed in were the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America’s Founding Fathers used many of John Locke’s ideas when they were fabricating America’s first principles. For example, the Founding Fathers built off of Locke’s ideas of unalienable rights, the Social Contract, and limited government. Jefferson used Locke’s natural rights of life, liberty, and happiness in the Declaration of Independence. To add on, Locke’s idea of a social contract between people and their government is echoed in the United States Constitution. Without John Locke’s ideas, there would not be natural rights the United States and there could possibly not be a social contract in the