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Who was the Enlightenment thinker who came up with the idea that people have rights that the government must protect?
Updated: 8/19/2023
john Locke was an English philosopher and Enlightenment thinker who wrote about the government's job to protect the natural rights of life liberty and property.
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According to enlightenment thinkers what is the primary job of government?
to be by the people for the people, in other words; to protect the citizens' rights
Who argued that people had devinely granted rights including life liberty and property?
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How did enlightenment thinkers inspire revolutionaries to push for radical changes in the govermnent?
The Enlightenment thinkers inspired revolutionaries to push for radical changes in government and society by making it known to the people that the proper type of government was one that protect the liberties of the people, or as stated by John Locke: life, liberty and property, and do not exert absolute power.
What group wanted people to choose their own systems of government?
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