The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was a concept of Locke's sacrosanct ideas on the rights of life, liberty, and property. ... John Locke and Adam Smith influenced phase one to me because they both wanted to reform government through rising up to create a better government and to create economic prosperity. ... They could do this because Rousseau believed in joining together as one super power by giving up your life, liberty, and property. This way the citizens loose their rights in this stage to give everything to the committee. ... Ultimately Robespierre becomes greedy an...

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