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