THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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William Penn
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Roger Sherman
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John Locke
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Robert Livingston
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Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: Jefferson was influenced by John Locke’s philosophy of freedom, government, and natural rights that challenged the power of England’s monarchy in Europe over the colonies in America. Locke’s ideology of a government that benefits all of society and the people of that society was followed by Jefferson.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most scholars today believe that Jefferson derived the most famous ideas in the Declaration of Independence from the writings of English philosopher John Locke.
Detailed explanation-3: -Locke may well have influenced such diverse eighteenth century figures as Swift, Johnson, Sterne, Voltaire, Priestly and Jefferson.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.