John_Locke_And_The_Declaration_Of_Independence

John Locke And The Declaration Of Independence John Locke was an English philosopher who lived in the late 17th century. A writer of political principle books, Locke was greatly influenced by the beliefs of Thomas Hobbes, another English philosopher. John Locke believed people live in anarchy, that is a “state of nature.” People needed and chose a leader. Mr. Locke’s writings stated that the leader or government was bound by an unwritten social contract. If a ruler violated this contract, the people had the right to overthrow them and replace them with a leader who respected the contract. People had natural rights, such as the right to live, the right to liberty, and the right to own property. Thomas Jefferson, the writer of the Declaration of Independence, was a very scholarly man. His library john, locke, right, people, thomas, locke’s, leader, jefferson, independence, declaration, contract, writer, very, rights, philosopher, natural, live, liberty, government, english, books, writings, world, violated, unwritten, unread, two, treaties, today’s, time, threatened, taxes, suggested, states, stated