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Hobbes Publishes Leviathan
Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil.
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Locke publishes Two treaties on Governement
Have the government see that the people matter and they need to have this treaty so they don't ruin themselves.
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Montesquieu publishes The Spirit of the Laws
Was to have men see that laws were important and they needed to have these laws so that there was no commotion or people out of control.
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Rousseau publishes The Social Contract
Attempt to unite the liberty of the individual with the authority of the government
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Beccaria publishes On Crimes and Punishments
Set the standard on what the punishment should be these crimes and that the government should use them.
http://www.constitution.org/cb/crim_pun.htm