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Birth of john Locke
John locke was born August 29, 1632 in Wrington Somerset, England. He went to school at Westminster and then he went to Christ church University of Oxford. He studied a lot of medicine which was a central role in his life and he wrote about political philosophies, epistemology, and education. -
John lockes beliefes
John Locke also wrote "[We have learned from] history we have reason to conclude that all peaceful beginnings of government have been laid in the consent of the people."
He believed that "government power should be divided equally into three branches". -
John Lockes beliefes
John locke believed that all have the right to be heard. He felt that people should not be punished for haveing different relgious beliefes. he argued that people have the gift of reason or ability to think. He wrote "The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which [treats] everyone [equally]. Reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind... that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health or possessions." -
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John Lockes Ideas that impacted government
John lockes theory of self- government brought a huge huge inspiration to the French and the American revolution.His writings influenced other people that created structure for the government. His ideas impacted the declaration of independence and also the USA constitution. -
birth of Montesquieu
baron de montesquieu was born January 18th 1689 in La Brède, France. -
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montesquieus ideas that impacted government
his ideas were to support freedom,na dthat the pwoer in a government should be separated or divided into three different groups or branches (executive legeslative and judicial) he felt that this would help support freedom. -
Book published by John Locke
in the year of 1689 John locke published a writing, "Two treaties on government". In his book he advocated human rights and also governmental structure on checks and balances. -
Books or essays John Locke wrote
In the year of 1690 John locke wrote An essay concerning human understanding. -
Voltaires beliefs
Voltaire believed that most inhuman crimes were caused by religion. He also believed that freedom of speech was the best weapon against bad government. -
Birth of François-Marie Arouet Voltaire
Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire was born in the year of 1694 November 21 in Paris, France. he was a French enlightment writer.He was also a versatile writer, he wrote plays, novels, poems essays and historical scientific works. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and more than 2,000 books and pamphlets. -
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Voltaires Ideas that impacted government
his Ideas helped in many ways but his belief in religious and freedom from government religion influenced the 1st amendment to the constitution. -
montesquieus schooling
He went to school at Oratorian school -
John Lockes death
John Locke died in 1704 October 28, He was widley known as the Father Of Liberalism and was an English philosopher. -
Jean jacques rousseau birth
Jean jacques rouseau was born in Geneva in 1712, His mother dies when he was very young and he was immediatley sent to his father.He then left Geneva at age 16 and traveled around france. -
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jean jacques roussaeu ideas that impacted government
he impacted governments aoruind the world with the idea of social contract and the importanc e of an induividuals freedom. -
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Jean-Jacques Rousseaus beliefs
He believed that humans were rationsl and he also believed in the state oif nature. -
reached paris
rousseau reached paris in 1742 and he met a man by the name of Denis Diderot. -
montesquieus book
montesquieus book published. Spirit of the laws. -
his books published
in 1750 he published his first most important work 'A Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts'. -
baron de montesquieu death
baron de montesquieu died February 10, 1755 at the age of 66 in Paris, France. -
moved to ferney
He wrote" Candide, ou l'Optimisme" which is known to be one of his greatest works.
