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Period 4 John Locke

John Locke was born into a Puritan family in Bristol, England in 1632. His father was an attorney he was part of parliamentary army fighting. John Owen and Rene Descartes influence locke by being a french philosopher. Locke believe that people could settle rationally by their differences by seeking a middle ground and compromising. Locke went to Holland after the Glorious Revolution had forced the new British monarch to respect and Locke defended Revolution and the limitation of the monarch's power. Locke believe that people had the right to think. The Divine Rights which many kings and queens used to justify their right to rule.

According to Locke the purpose of government to protect the right to life, the right to freedom, and the right to property. Locke thought if the government abused people's rights that the people have the right to rebel and form a new government. John also thought that the control of ant person against her or his will was unacceptable. Locke wrote, "The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only have the law of nature for his rule." He also thought that women had to have an equal voice. Athziri, katherine, Melissa