John Locke he Enlightenment

John Locke Enlightenment was the first was probably the most famous thinker. John Locke created the modern of democracy,He argued that government and authority were based on Natural law. Also that all man are equal. His ideas influenced mostly on Thomas jefferson when he wrote the U.S. Constitution. In the declaration of independence Jefferson states that all mens are created equal and they should have the same rights , life liberty and pursuit of happiness. They also had the rights to despotism the right Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

The government gets its power from the people. The people decide who is going to be government, the people have to approve it. The people have the right to vote to decide who is going to be the new president or leader. This is the kind of power the government has.