John Locke's Two Treatises Of Government

John Locke is an important and influential person in America’s history, from his ideas of separation of powers, social contract theory, and to his Two Treatises of Government, he has helped to make America become better than it was before him. In the Two treatises of government, he showed the importance of personal government and democratic nation, this placed the basic ideas of the Constitution. During his time, the monarchy and the Parliament and church were too powerful. He wanted to separate the powers of each government, so that the state could not disturb the person’s right. John Locke stated that all men are created equal and ideas regarding the first amendment. In his social contract theory, he formed the idea of an equivalent affiliation
between the government and the citizens. The duty of the government is to protect the natural rights of the people and if the government were to fail by not granting us these rights, the citizens have the right to overthrow the government. Locke believed in “Tabula Rasa” which stated that each and every individual born, was born without prior knowledge, destiny, or idea of human conduct. Many believed that when youare born, God has already determined your fate. Locke stated that everyone does not have the right to evaluate the truths of religion. He has taken a toll in American society and till this day, the philosophy that all men are created equal still remains abig part in our daily lives and society, without his ideas America would not be the same as it is, and it would not be great again.