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john Locke encouraged people to think for themselves, and to question their leaders. Taking part in their government rather than accepting what has been in place for hundreds of years. His theories were imbedded in the train of thought that became the American Declaration of Independence and later influenced the Constitution. Locke was of the school of thought that favored limits on the power of a government.

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