Question

The people above all influenced the development of the representative government in the United States. They were all philosophers from which time period?

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although you did not attach the names of the philosophers you are referring to, we can comment on the following.

The people above all influenced the development of the representative government in the United States. They were all philosophers from the time period called the Enlightenment.

During the Enlightenment period in Europe, there were many thinkers and philosophers that developed new concepts about politics, society, forms of governments, and rights for citizens. We are talking about people such as Jean-Jaques Rosseau, Baron of Montesquiou, John Locke, and Thomas Hobbes. Their Enlightenment ideas influenced revolutionary movements such as the American Revolutionary War of Independence in the 13 colonies an the French Revolution.