USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Key points The US government is based on ideas of limited government, including natural rights, popular sovereignty, republicanism, and social contract. Limited government is the belief that the government should have certain restrictions in order to protect the individual rights and civil liberties of citizens.

Detailed explanation-2: -John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government were published anonymously in 1689. In it, Locke proposed that government emerges from the consent of the government to protect their natural rights, which is the thesis of what is now called social contract theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Government emerged with the development of agriculture, notably the ancient civilization of Sumer. The early purposes of government involved protecting its laborers from raids and invasions as well as settling disputes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, James Madison, and others took the brave steps of creating a government based on the Enlightenment values of liberty, equality, and a new form of justice. More than 200 years later, that government is still intact.