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Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes believed that people are selfish and that they should give up their freedom to the government so it will ensure order. -
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes wrote the Leviathan in the year 1651. -
John Locke
John Locke believed that all people had rights that no government could take away. -
John Locke
John Locke discussed how people are generally trustworthy and that the government should give people more freedom. -
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U.S. Bill of Rights
The government had limited power and is formed to protect people’s natural rights. -
Montesquieu
Montesquieu believed that the best form of government was one divided into different sources of power. -
Montesquieu
Montesquieu wrote The Spirit of Laws to tell about the social institutions and human laws. -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract begins with very good well known words, “Men are born free, yet everywhere are in chains.” -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau believed that society was formed on an unspoken social contract. -
The Declaration of Independence
The enlightenment influenced The Decloration of Independence because the declaration of independence is the document that tells about the American revolution.
