EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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direct democracy
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republic
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monarchy
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totalitarian state
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rousseau’s thought stemmed from his notion of human nature. In contrast to some of his forerunners and contemporaries (such as Montesquieu and Thomas Hobbes), he believed that humans possessed a natural goodness and that caring properly for oneself did not exclude concern for the welfare of others.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rousseau repeatedly claims that a single idea is at the centre of his world view, namely, that human beings are good by nature but are rendered corrupt by society.
Detailed explanation-3: -Civil society, as Rousseau described it in the Discourse, came into being to serve two purposes: to provide peace for everyone and to ensure the right to property for anyone lucky enough to have possessions.