A: How did Locke influence the Founders and Framers? Explain your answer? / How did Locke change the Founders and Framers ideas?
John Locke had lots of ideas that influenced the Founders and Framers greatly. The main way that the Founders used Locke’s wisdom and influence was to help them modify a republic form of government. Although, he did have other great achievements such as establishing America’s first principles, most notably the recognition of inalienable rights, and limited government A republic form of government was originally used by the Romans, but the Founders, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Mercy Otis Warren, wanted to change it. A republic is a country that has a government in which power is held by people who elect …show more content…
It was not perfect, the government would be based off of civic virtue and common good. This idea eventually turned into today’s government (A Constitutional Government with three branches and a system of checks and balances). As Locke said, “ In a state of nature, most people would act with kindness, but those who don’t cause havoc.” This quote says that the people who use their power incorrectly, will destroy the government from the inside out. This is another way of saying that if the government uses a true republic as their government, it will be full of corruption. John Locke was very different from another great philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes believed that the individual was completely helpless and corrupt. He believed that a monarchy was the best form of government. He came up with this because he traveled around the world learning about forms of government to help England’s. John locke, on the other hand, believed only that the whole was better than the self. He believed that common good and civic virtue were the best ways to base a government’s foundation. Locke wanted a direct democracy as the form of government.The framers could not
John Locke had lots of ideas that influenced the Founders and Framers greatly. The main way that the Founders used Locke’s wisdom and influence was to help them modify a republic form of government. Although, he did have other great achievements such as establishing America’s first principles, most notably the recognition of inalienable rights, and limited government A republic form of government was originally used by the Romans, but the Founders, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Mercy Otis Warren, wanted to change it. A republic is a country that has a government in which power is held by people who elect …show more content…
It was not perfect, the government would be based off of civic virtue and common good. This idea eventually turned into today’s government (A Constitutional Government with three branches and a system of checks and balances). As Locke said, “ In a state of nature, most people would act with kindness, but those who don’t cause havoc.” This quote says that the people who use their power incorrectly, will destroy the government from the inside out. This is another way of saying that if the government uses a true republic as their government, it will be full of corruption. John Locke was very different from another great philosopher named Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes believed that the individual was completely helpless and corrupt. He believed that a monarchy was the best form of government. He came up with this because he traveled around the world learning about forms of government to help England’s. John locke, on the other hand, believed only that the whole was better than the self. He believed that common good and civic virtue were the best ways to base a government’s foundation. Locke wanted a direct democracy as the form of government.The framers could not