Enlightenment Ideals

The Enlightenment period occurred during the eighteenth through nineteenth century all throughout Europe and the Americas. Many were starting to question society and compose ideals that suited their beliefs in the world. In France, England, and most of the countries involved in the Enlightenment period, there were revolutions in order to gain rights and change their government. Natural rights, founded by John Locke, was one of the most useful and important ideals brought up and followed during the Enlightenment. Locke said that all men have the right to life, liberty, and property and that people had the right to overthrow government If they don 't provide all of the people 's natural rights. The Enlightenment ideal, natural rights, influenced …show more content…
The Second Treatise on Civil Government, by John Locke during the seventeenth century in England, was a document that showed the influence of natural rights. During the time English parliament passed the English Bill of Rights which was a document that gave the members of parliament more power than the monarchy. The Glorious Revolution had also occurred around the time natural rights came upon John Locke. The Glorious revolution was a revolution in which almost no blood was shed and the people had gained even more power by giving parliament more power than the monarchy ------how------. Locke 's goal of this document was to express the idea that all people had rights. The main idea of this document was about power to the people and to form a new government when their natural rights weren’t being protected. In this document, Locke states, “all men are naturally in,... a state of perfect freedom” After this document was written the idea of natural rights had come to surface and the people began to understand and fight for their rights therefore sparking revolution throughout the …show more content…
He was a village priest who believed in many of the enlightenment ideals, including natural rights. Around the American, French, and Haitian revolutions, Hidalgo decided to spark a revolution due to the people 's lack of rights the Spanish government had taken from the colonies in today’s Mexico. In his “grito” or speech, Miguel Hidalgo asked “Will you recover the lands stolen three hundred years ago from your forefathers by the hated Spaniards?” The people 's property had been stolen out from underneath them and they hadn’t the opportunity to win it back. He also suggested “Death to bad government!” asking for the people to overthrow their extremely corrupt government in order to create a more fair government. Miguel Hidalgo refused to let Spain take away the rights of the middle class and decided to overthrow the Spanish government in Mexico, using his natural rights. Like the American Colonies, the Third Estate in France 's, and the Haitian slaves, government had taken away the natural rights of the people. This document, and Hidalgos views expressed his want to overthrow the government who had treated the middle class so