Thomas Jefferson's Influence On Paper

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For me the most significant change in political philosophy during this time is that philosophers wrote papers and inspired people to make a change from monarchy rule to that of the people who lived there. Well after John Locke had wrote his papers where he out lined his beliefs that a government who holds great power would always be tempted to use its authority to control the countrymen. Those same writings inspired Thomas Jefferson as he incorporated many of the philosopher’s own ideals & principles into America’s Declaration of Independence. The foundations of American government began to seed in the 17th and 18th century European Enlightenment. One such Political fact is THE PETITION OF RIGHT (1628) this extended the rights of common people,