Paper Abstract
This 7 page paper provides an overview of some of the basic Lockean premises that set the foundation for the American Revolution, including Locke’s reflections on the political process, government control, and the concepts of power and liberty presented in his Two Treatise on Government. This paper also evaluates the assertions of Bernard Bailyn and Jack Greene, who reflected on the impact of Lockean premises that informed early opposition thinking and became the ordinary presumption of informed Americans in 1763. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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