My goal in this paper is to show the connection between the American Enlightenment Movement and four major American leaders. ... During this enlightenment period, the most commonly heard French philosophers were John Locke, Voltaire, Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, Baron Montesquieu, Denis Diderot, and others. ... A few American leaders such as Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Madison also greatly inspired people's thinking as well as making it known that their beliefs differentiated from the European philosopher's beliefs. ... The American enlightenment thinker...

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For the American Revolution, there were a few Enlightenment writers and leaders that affected the actual revolution. The teachings of 18th-century French philosophers and continental writers on law, such as Emmerich de Vattel, as well as the theories of John Locke, were implicit in the colonial arguments based on the theory of natural rights. ... During the French Revolution the ancient regime was undermined intellectually by the people of the Enlightenment. ... Those were the people of the Enlightenment period that had an influence on the two Revolutions. ...

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The idea of natural rights, or the universal privileges given to all men, grew in popularity after the Enlightenment era. The philosopher, John Locke, argued that it is the government's soul duty role to protect its peoples' rights to Liberty, Life, and private property. ...

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The framers read extensively on the writings of Enlightenment thinkers such as Locke and Montesquieu, applying their ideas into the constitution. ... Baron Montesquieu's, an influential French philosopher believed that in order to protect the liberty of the people, the government should be divided into three branches: the legislature, the executive and the judiciary. ...

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The dictionary definition for the American Revolution is; "the war between Great Britain and its American colonies, 1775-83, by which the colonies won their independence." But this war meant so much more than this brief description and the American colonies won a lot more than just their freedom, t...

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