THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THOMAS PAINES COMMON SENSE
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His interpretation of the Social Contract
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Natural Rights like Life, Liberty, and Property
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The belief that humans can be trusted to rule themselves
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His defense of Despotism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Often credited as a founder of modern “liberal” thought, Locke pioneered the ideas of natural law, social contract, religious toleration, and the right to revolution that proved essential to both the American Revolution and the U.S. Constitution that followed.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Locke’s political theory directly influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence in its assertion of natural individual rights and its grounding of political authority in the consent of the governed.
Detailed explanation-3: -His political theory of government by the consent of the governed as a means to protect the three natural rights of “life, liberty and estate” deeply influenced the United States’ founding documents. His essays on religious tolerance provided an early model for the separation of church and state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Government. Locke’s political theory was founded upon that of social contract. Unlike Thomas Hobbes, Locke believed that human nature is characterised by reason and tolerance. Like Hobbes, however, Locke believed that human nature allows people to be selfish.