John Locke was
born in 1632 in Wrington Somerset, his father was a lawyer and a
small landowner. Using his connections Johns father got him into
an elite school. John Locke went to college at Oxford, where he
studied medicine and logic. John Locke had many enlightenment ideas
that affected United States history. Writings of
punishment,
theory of natural rights, and the Second Treatise of Government are
all ways that John Locke influenced Americas history. (History)
John Locke wrote many theories about punishment which are
used in the U.S today. John Lockes first idea is that in the state
of nature each person acts as a judge with his or her own problem,
but this power could cause some people to be in danger because
people can not control
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Natural rights
are not given to any man by the government every man is born with
them. The right to own property is one of the natural rights that
John Locke thought of during the enlightenment era. John Locke said
that the reason that people should be able to own property is
because everyone owns property in themselves so therefore people
should have the rights to land. John Locke also says that more than
land or property can be sold or given away, also the goods from the
land can be sold or bought. This way of property rights was in
effect in the U.S until 1926 when there was no just taking land
any more, if land was taken it could only be used for public
works.(John) Now since 1926 people have had to pay for the land
that they want, but the value of land went down because there could
only be one house per two or more acres instead of the only being
one house per acre.(Powell) Liberty is a natural right that John
Locke believed that people could govern themselves, John also did
not see the need for a government, he said the only reason for a
government is to protect the natural rights such as liberty. John
believed that with liberty everyone is free to do what they please
and that everyone should make mistakes as long as them mistakes are
not affecting the liberty of other people. Currently in the U.S
this right is similar
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