Rousseau's mostly direct influence was immediate and on the French Revolution. His ideas of legitimacy through the people, support of a republic, and the use of government to manifest the General Will had a profound impact of how organisers and revolutionaries structured their movement and led the Revolution.
He didn't. The American Founders were aghast at the French Revolution and suspicious of anything originating from that country.
Rousseau was an 18th-century philosopher who was especially well-known for his political philosophy. He influenced Kant, Robespierre, Paine, Hegel and Marx.
Jean Jacques Rousseau is called the father of french revolution.
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Rousseau's ideas inspire many leaders of the French Revolution. Rousseau fought for individual freedom. He though that a direct democracy was the best form of government.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a philosopher of the 18th century. His ideologies about the nature of man and his work on the social contract both had major influence on how the American Government runs today.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is most commonly named.
The American Revolution, his political philosophy influenced the French Revolution, as well.
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It didn't. The American Revolution was over before the French Revolution began.
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Locke and Rousseau were both writers. Both men wrote about democracy and the rights that all people should be given.
Many of the ideas in the French Revolution were first expressed in the American Declaration of Independence. The concept of the Committee of Public Safety came from the United States. Many of the ideas in the French Revolution came from Rousseau and Voltaire, especially Rousseau. It has given the two governments a decidedly different outlook. Rousseau has the French government far more involved in the lives of the citizens than the American government.
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He influenced him by letting Thomas Jefferson know that could do many things
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