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| influenced Founding Fathers with idea of separation of powers |
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| influenced Founding Fathers with idea of Natural Law and the Social Contract |
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| everyone is born with three rights: life, liberty, and property |
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| people are free to live as they desire |
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| people want to own things that will help them survive, such as land, food, and tools |
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| no rules, no one in charge, and no way for people to protect their natural rights |
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| people agree to give up some freedoms, but only if the government agrees to protect everyone’s rights |
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| to end the state of nature and give people certain protections |
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| executive, legislative, and judicial branch |
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| power divided among the 3 branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial |
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| section of Constitution outlining powers of the Executive Branch |
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| section of Constitution outlining powers of the Legislative Branch |
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| section of Constitution outlining powers of the Judicial Branch |
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| there must be a way for each of the divided powers from becoming too powerful; each branch of power must have same amount of power |
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| … endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed… |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| 1st three words of U.S. Constitution exemplifies Locke’s idea of a Social Contract |
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