THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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A businessman, writer, inventor, and scientist of the Enlightenment.
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A Preacher of the Great Awakening:emphasized helping others and good samaritanism.
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A Preacher of the Great Awakening:emphasized spiritual rebirth
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English Philosopher and Political Thinker:inspired Thomas Jefferson
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most scholars today believe that Jefferson derived the most famous ideas in the Declaration of Independence from the writings of English philosopher John Locke. Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 at the time of England’s Glorious Revolution, which overthrew the rule of James II.
Detailed explanation-2: -The American revolutionary generation drew many of its ideas from the English philosopher John Locke (1632–1704).
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.