John Locke's writings, particularly his theories on natural rights and government by consent, significantly influenced American colonists during the 17th and 18th centuries. His belief that individuals possess inherent rights to life, liberty, and property resonated with colonists who felt oppressed by British rule. Locke's ideas encouraged the notion of a social contract, promoting the idea that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed, which laid the philosophical groundwork for the American Revolution and the development of democratic principles.
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Locke, Rousseau, and Paine influenced the American Revolution significantly, if that helps at all...
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A:John Locke is regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. He influenced Voltaire, Rousseau, John Madison and Thomas Jefferson, but lived a little too late to influence the Reformation. He asserted that revelation can not be admitted against the clear evidence of reason, and was a strong advocate of religious toleration.
We do not have your list of people, but Jefferson was influenced by Locke. He used his philosophy in the Declaration.
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Thomas Jefferson and those who drafted the Declaration of Independence as well as the Constitution. The American Founding Fathers essentially.
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There were several different political writings that influenced the Framers. These writing were from enlightment thinkers. Some of those works include, The Spirit of Laws, and the works of John Locke.
Three Enlightenment thinkers were John Locke, Voltaire, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Locke's ideas influenced the United States Declaration of Independence, Voltaire advocated for freedom of speech and religion, and Rousseau's social contract theory influenced the French Revolution.
The writings of Enlightenment thinkers influenced the Founding Fathers by shaping their ideas on natural rights, liberty, and the role of government. Thinkers like John Locke, Montesquieu, and Voltaire inspired the Founding Fathers to draft documents like the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, which emphasized individual rights, separation of powers, and limited government.
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John Locke's father died in 1661
Diderot, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, and lastly and most know for it Locke
C. Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire was imprisoned twice and later exiled from Paris due to his controversial writings and criticism of the government and Catholic Church.
john Locke got Bachelor's and a Master's Degree from Oxford.