WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -For Locke, the government must be a “neutral judge” of law with no right to interfere in the lives of the individual. The most radical idea to come from Locke’s pen was the idea of governmental legitimacy. Locke believed that a government should be beholden to the people rather than vice-versa.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The English Bill of Rights served as a model for the United States Bill of Rights. They share several principles, including the right to bear arms, freedom of speech, and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment. Two Treatises of Government was written by John Locke and was made up of separate parts.

Detailed explanation-4: -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."