The movement that most directly influenced the writing of the Declaration of
<span>Independence was "the Enlightenment," since it was Enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke who heavily advocated for individual liberty and "social contract". </span>
Machiavelli believes that <span>the princes can use and should use violence in order to survive or to achieve their aims as rulers, especially when there is a problem in the country ot connected with the country. In such situations the princes should keep the people in fear, so no one would want to attack them or take their power. Otherwise, by providing housing and women, he should keep the peace in the country, In this sense is contradictory how he advises the princes to be more liberal. </span>
They could've worked with Parliament like Henry VIII & Elizabeth I
