Enlightenment thinkers promoted the idea of the rights of citizens and the people's authority to create--and to change--their own governments. The works of Enlightenment philosophers such as John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were read by leaders of the revolution movements in America. The American Revolution sought to put those Enlightenment ideas into practice in creating a government based on liberty and justice for all.
As an example of one Enlightenment philosopher's political thoughts that influenced the American revolution, let's look at John Locke. According to Locke's view, a government's power to govern comes from the consent of the people themselves -- those who are to be governed. This was a change from the previous ideas of "divine right monarchy" -- that a king ruled because God appointed him to be the ruler. Locke repudiated the views of divine right monarchy in his <em>First Treatise on Civil Government.</em> In his<em> Second Treatise on Civil Government</em>, Locke argued for the rights of the people to create their own governments according to their own desires and for the sake of protecting their own life, liberty, and property.
The American founding fathers read Locke (as well as other Enlightenment writers like Montesquieu and Rousseau). The American Revolution (1775-1783) was inspired by these ideas.
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1,3,4
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the president has these powers over congress
Castelli is the term used to refer to the nine villages of san marino.
Salutary Neglect was when Britain left the colonies alone from 1714-1763 after the Glorious Revolution where William and Mary came to power in England.
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The best answer is A) <span>Creole elites didn't share political power with all citizens
After countries began winning independence, mainly from Spain, in the 1800s, the power structure among ethnic groups, which had been established by the colonial powers, did suddenly become equal. Elites, usually who were more ethnically European (creole in this context means mixed race) held an enormous portion of the wealth, which is a recipe for instability. </span>
