What Is John Locke's Philosophies

John Locke John Locke was a French philosopher. He was born August 29,1632 and died October 28, 1704. He had mostly humanitarian views which consisted relatively basic principles like humans being sociable by nature and how this affects the way societies should be governed. His views were a key part of many societies structure none more famous than that of the United States of America and its early leaders, such as first President George Washington, second President John Adams, and third President Thomas Jefferson. No American figure is quite as iconic as the great general/president George Washington. Washington clearly shared some similar principles to those of the beloved Frenchman, Locke. Principles like wanting a less powerful

president after Washington, John Adams. John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He was a direct descendant of Puritan colonists from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He studied at Harvard University, where he received his undergraduate degree and master's, and in 1758 was admitted to the bar. In 1774, he served on the First Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Adams became the first vice president of the United States and the second president. John Adams greatly admired Locke’s philosophies from the start and he included them throughout his political career. He admired locks political enlightenment so much that he greatly praised all of his works especially his essay on human understanding (he was basically a fan girl). He personally ensured the passing of the eleventh amendment which states that the judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state which is pretty Locke like. He also included some of Locke’s ideas into the declaration of independence which he helped