There are many influential leaders in Europe throughout the Transformation Period. The Transformation Period took place during the 1300’s through the 1600’s and consisted of four different periods including The Renaissance, which was a time for rebirth in Europe for new perspectives and ideas, culture and art, The Reformation, which was a time when people realized the church was not dominant over everything you believed and thought, The Scientific Revolution, which was a time when philosophers and people discovered the foundation for modern science and discovered new theories like the scientific method, the Heliocentric theory, anatomy, the theory that the earth is round and the sun is the center of the universe and many more, and finally
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John Locke has done so much to affect our government today and what we believe as a country. He believed that everyone has their own rights including life, liberty and property, he believed in the social contract and he help declare our freedom. John Locke wrote his most famous book known as “Two treatises of Government” stating that the true basis of a government is a social contract which is an agreement in which free people give power to a government in exchange for their protection. Under this agreement, the government had to protect our natural rights which were life, liberty, and property. These rights belong to people “by nature” as it is stated in his book. According to Locke, the people in a country are the main source of power which means the government makes decisions on their behalf, therefore, if the government does not protect the people's natural rights then we, the people, have the right to overthrow it. John Locke quoted, “The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” He believed that the people have the right to have their freedom and he helped set the foundation for this when our country wrote The Decleration of Independance. Nevertheless, John Locke had a huge impact on our world today which shapes our country for who we
John Locke has done so much to affect our government today and what we believe as a country. He believed that everyone has their own rights including life, liberty and property, he believed in the social contract and he help declare our freedom. John Locke wrote his most famous book known as “Two treatises of Government” stating that the true basis of a government is a social contract which is an agreement in which free people give power to a government in exchange for their protection. Under this agreement, the government had to protect our natural rights which were life, liberty, and property. These rights belong to people “by nature” as it is stated in his book. According to Locke, the people in a country are the main source of power which means the government makes decisions on their behalf, therefore, if the government does not protect the people's natural rights then we, the people, have the right to overthrow it. John Locke quoted, “The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.” He believed that the people have the right to have their freedom and he helped set the foundation for this when our country wrote The Decleration of Independance. Nevertheless, John Locke had a huge impact on our world today which shapes our country for who we