The two Germans who developed the economic and political philosophy known as communism are "<span>Marx and Engels", although these ideas quickly spread to Russia, which launched the Revolution of 1917. </span>
Many people believed that the Church needed to be reformed. In the 1500s Kings such as Charles V had a sole political strategy: centralisation. However, there were people who do not agree with this. So, the reformation led to warfare because of different ideas by the ruler and his people.
Henry David Thoreau is best known for "Walden", a book written when he was living for 2 years in a little cottage in a deep forest, and it's about living in nautre. Thoreau also wrote "Resistance to Civil Government" which is about why people shouldn't obey an unfair law. Those two books had a great impact for many later reformers.