John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an influential English philosopher and social contract theorist. He developed an alternative to the Hobbesian state of nature and asserted a government could be good only if it received the consent of the governed and protected the natural rights of life, liberty, and estate. If such a consent was not achieved, Locke argued in favour of a right of rebellion, which he referred to as an "appeal to heaven
African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
<span>A. New Jersey was settled as a sanctuary for religious freedom. While The New England colonies, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland were conceived and established "as plantations of religion</span>
