John Locke was born in Wrington, Somerset on August 29, 1632. ... The taxes were to be collected by local officials such as John's father. ... Locke had an anglican and royalist education, one of his fathers associates whom was politically connected nominated John for the Prestigious Westminster school when John was just fifteen years old. ... During the 1720's, John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, two English radical writers, disseminated Locke's political ideas in Cato's Letters, a popular series of essays published in London newspapers, and these essays had the most impact...

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Although not specific, it is clear that the Founding Fathers inspiration for rebellion and abolition came from John Locke. ... The state of nature is Locke's basis for rebellion against tyranny. ... John Locke extends the role of the state of nature into the idea of property. ... When Jefferson made his list of facts concerning the king's oppression of the states, it is clear that the pursuit of property would look very limiting to John Locke. ... The founders very clearly used John Locke's discussion of the state of nature, property protection, and the necessity for rebelli...

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XXI Of the Liberty of Subjects John Locke - First is the assumption of a system of morality--the natural law derives from a theory of justice, a set of rights. ... Locke bases his argument against political absolutism on this duty - Each individual in the state of nature has the power to execute natural laws, which are universal... - Locke then posits that proof of this natural law lies in the fact that, even though a person cannot reasonably be under the power of a foreign king, if a person commits a crime in a foreign country they can still be punished... - Locke states that natura...

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How does Locke criticize this position? Hobbes and Locke; the State of Nature and Sovereignty John Locke and Thomas Hobbes both wrote on many of the same issues of social philosophy yet due to a basic different philosophical conception of the world, they held very different opinions. ... For reasons too many psychoanalysts could posit, John Locke saw things quite differently, beginning most importantly with his conception of the state of nature. ... Locke would scoff at the idea. ... One can even sense that Locke is answering Hobbes, i.e. ...

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Using some writing from John Locke, Benjamin Franklin, and American History documents a case can be examined of what is justified use of a SUV. ... Also in Second Treatise of Government, by John Locke, he states, "God, who hath given the world to men in common, hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life, and convenience." I think this example of SUV usage fit Locke's description to a key. ... Locke's words can be used to justify the progress of man. ... Locke states, "it is allowed to be his goods, who hath bestowed his labour upon it." ...

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John Locke was a very large influence on politics during the pre-coming of the revolution. Locke published his "Two Treatises of Government in 1689; which stated that because of their natural rights, it is "the right of the people to overthrow their leaders if those leaders interfered with their rights as Englishmen". Locke stirred the idea of natural rights. ... Following the natural rights ideas of John Locke, Paine pushed for complete independence from Britain. ...

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Washington lived only two years after turning over the presidency to his successor, John Adams. ... John wrote propagandas and articles against Britain, though remained anonymous under a pen name. ... After the war John Adams became vice-president under George Washington for two terms. ... Jefferson was largely influenced by Enlightenment writings and was a firm believer in Locke's theory. ... After John Adams Jefferson became the United States third president. ...

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Philosopher, economist, and spokesman for women's suffrage, John Stuart Mill, published the paper "Utilitarianism" in 1861 to pose his argument supporting his claim for equal rights. ... (Weston) John Locke was amongst the first philosophers to advocate the idea of natural rights. ... (John Locke and the Natural Law Tradition) The idea had a great influence in Europe in the late 18th century and early 19th century, most specifically in the Bill of Rights, resulting after England's revolution. ...

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John Locke, an English philosopher from the Enlightenment era, stated that all citizens were entitled at birth to life, liberty and property. Locke also stated that if the government revoked any of these natural rights at any point it was the peoples" duty to rebel, it was unjust cruelty. ...

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Throughout history, many countries have revolted against their rulers for independence. The French Revolution was a very different revolution of its time. Unlike previous revolutions, the French Revolution was very violent. It was the first revolution where there was no reason, just bloodshed. Many...

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Liberty is a word that produces a strong feeling of hope and touches the inner soul of man. Throughout the course of time, individuals and nations oppressed by the tyrannical government have cried out of for liberty and have sought for the comfort of living a free life. Revolution and wars have of...

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There were many similarities between the causes of the American Revolution in 1776 and the Latin American Wars of Independence beginning in 1810. The main similarities between the two independence movements are essentially economical, political, and ideological. Both the United States and Latin America wanted to end the rule of a mother country whose mercantilist system impeded the development of a growing colonial economy. "The goal of mercantilism was the creation of a self-sufficient empire from which foreign trade and commerce were excluded; the domination of vital trade routes; and the a...

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A Latin statement commonly used in the Middle Ages to define the purpose of government reads: servitium propter jura, non potestas praeter jura. This succinct statement translates to mean, "service to and for the sake of rights, not a power exercised beyond or outside of rights." This age-old defini...

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