At the time period, the founding fathers of the United States were heavily influenced by the philosophies of Montesquieu and John Locke. Montesquieu proposed a system of checks and balances by which one aspect of government would not and frankly, could not, possess too much power. The founding fathers accepted this idea thoroughly, as is evidenced by our current governmental system and the three branches. The Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches are all designed so that one branch will never exceed the other branches, Montesquieu influenced Benjamin Franklin in particular as he traveled to France frequently. Moreover, John Locke proposed the social contract. Essentially, the social contract states that a government must secure the rights of its citizens. In the event that it fails to do so, the citizens then have the right to rebel and overthrow such a government. The natural rights which he spoke of referred to a citizens right to life, liberty, and property. The founding fathers took his philosophy to heart, especially Thomas Jefferson. He made a slight variation though on Locke's natural rights, writing instead that citizens have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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Fear drove action, because instead of acting in a just way which they would regualry do in a court trial, they acted unreasonably because they were scared. Many people died simply because they were <em>scared</em> that they were witches. Their fear drove them to the action of killing many inncoent people.
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The First crusades was led by many French Lords, but one that we are familiar with is, <span>Godfrey of Bouillon, a </span> Frankish knight, and one of the leaders of the First Crusade from 1096 until his death. They were also led by many dukes, some that is not named in history.
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