John locke and the american revolution

  • John locke and the american revolution

    • The french revolution...

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    John locke and the american revolution

  • What led to the american revolution
  • The french revolution
  • How did john locke influence the declaration of independence
  • How did john locke influence modern government

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    “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This sentence comes from the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence, a document which was approved in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, by members of the Second Continental Congress.

    The Declaration marked not only a bold announcement of a new and independent nation, the United States of America, but also served as a declaration of the ideas upo