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Was from England and his beliefs impact Was from England and his beliefs impact early day America studied at oxford early day America studied at oxford academic and medical researcher. John academic and medical researcher. John Locke from 1632–1704 was one of the Locke from 1632–1704 was one of the greatest philosophers in Europe at the end greatest philosophers in Europe at the end of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up of the seventeenth century. Locke grew up and lived through one of the most and lived through one of the most extraordinary centuries of English political extraordinary centuries of English political and intellectual history and intellectual history

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. An dishonest government will fail to . An dishonest government will fail to protect the rights to life, liberty, health and protect the rights to life, liberty, health and property of its subjects, and in the worst property of its subjects, and in the worst cases, such an dishonest government will cases, such an dishonest government will claim to be able to violate the rights of its claim to be able to violate the rights of its subjects, that is it will claim to have subjects, that is it will claim to have despotic power over its subjects. despotic power over its subjects.

Ideas and beliefsIdeas and beliefs

Among Locke's political works he is most Among Locke's political works he is most famous for famous for The Second Treatise Of GovernmentThe Second Treatise Of Government in which he argues that sovereignty in which he argues that sovereignty ((SovereigntySovereignty is the quality of having is the quality of having independent authority over a geographic independent authority over a geographic area, such as a territoryarea, such as a territory)) resides in the resides in the people and explains the nature of legitimint people and explains the nature of legitimint government. government.

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John Locke is also famous for calling for the John Locke is also famous for calling for the separation of Church and State in his separation of Church and State in his Letter Letter Concerning TolerationConcerning Toleration.. Much of Locke's work is Much of Locke's work is characterized by opposition tocharacterized by opposition to authoritarianism (is a form of social organization characterized by submission to authority as well as the administration of said authority. In politics, an authoritarian government is one in which political authority is concentrated in a small group of politicians)

Impact on world Impact on world

His ideas of separation of the powers into His ideas of separation of the powers into legislative, executive, and federative were legislative, executive, and federative were more fully developed by the French writer more fully developed by the French writer Montesquieu. John Locke ideas impact Montesquieu. John Locke ideas impact the united states decoration of the united states decoration of independence life liberty and (independence life liberty and (

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During the American revolution Locke During the American revolution Locke ideas impact the early day presidents and ideas impact the early day presidents and their ideas on how they were going to run their ideas on how they were going to run the early country by writing books about the early country by writing books about his beliefs in government and how it would his beliefs in government and how it would impact the world. impact the world.

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““We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness of happiness

1. Niccolo Machiavelli1. Niccolo Machiavelli

2. Charles Darwin2. Charles Darwin

3. Charlemagne3. Charlemagne

4. John Locke4. John Locke