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Where was the Second Treatise of Government written?
John Locke
When did Locke publish Second treatise on government?
1689
What was not an effort by the British government to implement mercantilist policies in the 17th century?
The Second Treatise on Government
How and why did John Lockes Second Treatise of Government shape Americans search for principles in the period 1763 to 1776?
American intellectuals and politicians were greatly influenced by all of John Locke Enlightenment essays. However, the Second Treatise was particularly influential in their resistance to the British imposed taxes. They pushed forward his theory that all governments get their powers by consent of the governed, and included this principle in their Declaration of Independence.
Where was this written The end of law is not to abolish or restrain but to preserve and enlarge freedom For in all the states of created beings capable of law where there is no law there is no freedom?
Second Treaties of Government (chapter 2, treatise six, to be exact).
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