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JOHN LOCKE

• John Locke believed all humans were born with nature rights.
• John Locke argued that if the gov. did not protect these rights, then the people had the right to to creating a new one
• Today if the president not doing there job, then the people had the right to vote for a new president

JEAN- JACQUES ROUSSEAU

• He had a similar belief about the state of nature but his viewpoint was different about the rote of government
• He view of the social contract would created a limited government as the gov.'s power would be limited by what the majority of citizen wanted
• His idea and John Locke ideas formed foundation for the idea of popular sovereignty which is used unlimited gov. today

BORON DE MONTESQUIEU

• Focused on governmental organization by promoting the idea of separation of power and check and balances
• His idea is separation of power and check and check balances
• We still used this today, we separate power and check and balances

VOLTAIRE ( FRANCIS- MARTE)

• Focused on civil liberties, mainly freedom of speech and freedom of religion
• His idea is the freedom of speech
• We still used it today, everyone have the freedom of speech