LOCKE - HIS INFLUENCE
• Read Chapter 7 The
The ideas shaping the minds of those composing the Declaration of
independence and the United S t a t e s Constitution didn't appear out of
Influence of Lock on the
Founders.
nowhere. We have been investigation t h e " A r m i e s of I d e a s " which would do
b a t t l e . Those ideas surrounding the teachings
of P l a t o , More, Machiavelli,
and Hobbes would be in combat with those teachings of Rutherford,
Locke, Montesquieu, and B l a c k s t o n e for control of a nation.
Locke's Impact on
Jefferson:
• EXAMPLE 1
• EXAMPLE 2
• EXAMPLE 3
Over t h e next several weeks
of s t u d y , determine
• EXAMPLE 4
whether
or not t h i s s t a t e m e n t by
Levin is accurate
or not:
• According t o Levin,
• EXAMPLE 5
• EXAMPLE 6
"The Declaration of
independence
represents
the most prominent,
official, consensus
position
of the Founder's rationale
for declaring Independence
and, Importantly, the
philosophical origin of the
new country. J e f f e r s o n a n d
In t h e original writing of t h e Declaration of independence what was
written about slavery? Why w a s it removed?
t h e d e l e g a t e s borrowed
heavily from Locke's thinking
and words."
Describe Locke's Impact on Mason:
Describe Locke's Impact on Madison:
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