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How was John Locke's ideas important for the Framers of the Constitution?
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∙ 8y ago
Well, john Locke argued that government was a contract between the ruler and the people. And because the contract had been bound to both sides, the ruler's power would be limited. Just like in the Preamble where they were trying to form a new government and limit the power of the ruler of the government.
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Why were principles important to the framers of the constitution?
The Framers of the Constitution deeply believed in liberal, democratic ideas, heavily influenced by Enlightenment thinkers. These principles were important to the colonists, who felt that the British crown treated them unfairly and did not represent their interests.
What sources did the Framers of the Constitution get their ideas from?
They got ideas from the Roman Republic and their own brains.
What ideas in the constitution did the framers adopt from England?
They Borrowed the English Bill of Rights
The ideas of checks and balances and the separation of powers suggest that the framers of the Constitution feared?
the concentration of too much power.
In creating the constitution what ideas did the framers take from the Magna Carta?
-Rule of Law -Basic Rights -Government by agreement or contract
Why were the framers of the US Constitution so important?
The Framers of the Constitution deeply believed in liberal, democratic ideas, heavily influenced by Enlightenment thinkers. These principles were important to the colonists, who felt that the British crown treated them unfairly and did not represent their interests.
Name Five documents and philosophers from which the framers of the Constitution used ideas?
well it is irrelivent to think that it wasenglish and colonial so... you realy cant know the answer to that.
What is the difference between thomas hobbes and john lockes ideas?
It was how he farted a lot
What were John Lockes natural rights ideas?
He believed in: Life, Liberty, and Property.
What was the enlightenment movement and how did it influence the framers of the constitution?
The framers of the constitution had read many works of philosophers whose ideas they borrowed in drafting what is today the constitution of the Unite States of America. Some of these Philosophers included Rousseau, Locke and Montesquieu, and they held that a legitimate government had to look into the best interests of the people.
The ideas of checks and balances and the separation of powers suggest that the framers of the constitution feared a two-house legislature?
false it was the concentration of too much power. novanet !
What ideas influenced the framers?
they had bigg butts
