WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which event was most influenced by this idea?For in all the states of created beings capable of laws, where there is no law, there is no freedom.-John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1690
A
the political revolutions in America and France
B
the rise of industrial unions in England
C
the nationalist unification of Germany and Italy
D
the fall of the czarist government in Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government were published anonymously in 1689. In it, Locke proposed that government emerges from the consent of the government to protect their natural rights, which is the thesis of what is now called social contract theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Locke’s theory of government postulates that societies in their original condition comprised only individuals, without government. Individuals in this “state of nature"9 pos-sessed certain inherent rights and liberties which existed inde-pendently of government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Locke’s philosophical view on politics in his work, the Two Treatises Of Government, had a major influence on this movement where he tried to justify the fall of monarchy and a creation of a new form of government for the people.

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