As question is raised in a U.S. history class....The Founders were very influenced by Locke's "Two Treatises of Government," written about 120 years before Jefferson wrote the "Declaration." Hobbes' work was also written in the 17th century, and is likewise of interest.
<span>And then there's the 19th century, of American thinkers, such as Emerson, William James, and Charles Peirce (pronounced "purse"). </span>
<span>Then, there's the 18th century, but if influences are calibrated, Locke in the 17th, and Emerson and James in the 19th</span>
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry) was an effort by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt in 1859. He attacked and captured the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
