First, Hobbes believed that the government should be structured as one sovereign (like a king or dictator) holding all the power, with very little (if any) importance being placed in individuals.
Locke believed it was the government's primary responsibility to protect the people and that every individual possessed what he called "natural rights."
Rousseau was...kinda weird. He believed that people are born innocent and that society actually corrupts people.
The strong push to Americanize immigrants to grow ranks in the US military affected his view because he said that the Mexicans were misunderstood as a people.
He also said that contrary to what a lot of people felt, the Mexicans were very anxious to work.
<h3>Who was Colonel Maus?</h3>
He was a Brigadier general in the American military. He received a medal in Mexico for his valor in the battle fields.
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The correct answer is A. the idea of representative government in which people elect officials to speak for them
The Romans established a republic when a government elects representatives to rule on their behalf.