WORLD HISTORY

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ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who believed that all men were born with natural rights?
A
John Locke
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
Montesquieu
D
Rosseau
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain “inalienable” natural rights. That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property."

Detailed explanation-2: -Like Hobbes, Locke believed in a natural right to life, liberty, and property.

Detailed explanation-3: -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.

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