How did John Locke influence the american revolution?
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Notable ideas: tabula rasa, "government with the consent of the governed"; state of nature; rights of life, liberty and property \nInfluences: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Grotius, Descartes, Hooker, Hobbes
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It was such a motivational book of patriotism, it encouraged those who before didn't believe in the revolution to being believing in it, and those who already did believe in it to believe in it even more. It was almost like a piece of libel, deriding the king and England while promoting this revolution as a duty the American people had to fulfill. It brought up insights that many didn't see before, and informed them.
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let's see, in 1000 words or less:\n\nJefferson was an architect of our "constitutional republic" and Hamilton was the architect of our economic system. Each of our founding fathers have had various roles in forging the baseline of who and what America is today. Washington was the 'action hero' who led America's armies and then the government out of it's conception (and then dared to turn over power peacefully! Unheard of!) and created precedence for how power is to be handled. Franklin, the man who embodied the ideals of personal drive and creativity and how success can be achieved in our society. You really need to read all about these people and what they did... you just can't type it out here...
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He kept the ragged Continental army together. He avoided a direct encounter with the superior British army. He never had enough men or supplies. This was up until Yorktown.\nHe later presided over the Constitutional Convention. He knew enough to let others who understood finances and government much better than he do their work. By the force of his personality he kept antagonists like Jefferson & Hamilton at bay.
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read the Jefferson papers. He wrote the Articals of confederation before he wrote the Constitution. He also was a avaid sponser of the secant amendent. He was a active member of the first contintal congress. and amny other things. He was one of the greatest men in the begining of our nation.
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About the time that the lands of the Western Hemisphere were discovered there were two very significant movements influencing European culture - the Reformation and the Renaissance. \n\nThe Reformation movement was largely sparked by the sudden availability of Bibles which were only available to a select few before that. The impact was significant because there were many abuses in the church that were uncovered because corrupt clergy were making money by saying Scripture said things it did not. When people realized this, there was a mass scale determination for people to study the Bible for themselves. Knowing how to read suddenly became important even to peasants. Sola Scriptura (Scripture only) became the cry of people from many different European countries. Out of the Reformation came Protestantism. These churches were 'protesting' the abuses they saw in the official church. By the time America was being settled, there was much conflict between the official church and the Protestant churches. Many followers from the Protestant churches were being severly persecuted and found it easier to tame a wilderness country across the ocean than to get the official church to change.\n\nThere was a parallel shift away from the official church in the Renaissance movement. The Renaissance is often considered the rebirth of science and art after the fall of the Roman Empire. In this movement there was a burst of interest in Greek and Roman thought. Libraries of Greek and Roman literature and science which had been saved through the centuries by monestaries were dusted off and brought back into public life and acedamia. This drift from the church however lead to secularism.\n\nThe early founders of American communities largely came out of Reformation thinking. That is not to say that as the years have gone by there has not been a heavy influence of Renaissance thinking blended in. But the percentage of one to the other has more Reformation roots in the US than in Europe.\n\nYou will find in the writings of American and European historical figures that they also saw this difference. During the Revolutionary War era, Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and others noted the cultural differences and stated that Christianity was more vigorously held to in the colonies/US than in Europe. Europeans of that era such as the Frenchman Tocqueville actually made a study of it. He was wondering why the American Revolution and form of government turned out so well, while the French Revolution and governemnt devolved into anarchy and despotism. His final analysis was that it was America's deep seated love of Christinaity that made the difference. It is very interesting reading and can be read free at the online library at Project Gutenberg.\n\nSo why is America considered the most Christian nation yet reamaining in the world. It goes back to her roots. That doesn't mean that the Founding Fathers wouldn't be absolutely appalled by what we call Christianity today.
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I agree with Pandak, all except for one thing.  Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were the  inalienable rights described to us in the Declaration of Independence by our forefathers.  John Locke (not the character from "Lost", the theorist) theroized that we have only three natural rightas (inalienable rights).  The right to Life, Liberty, and Property.  The Pursuit of Happiness was not one of the three.  \n\nBut on all other counts, I agree with all of his other points.
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First of all Americans are Brits, but are in different countries, and civil war occours in the SAME country, but I think I know what you are refering to.\n\nThe American Revolution was a revolution that ended two centuries of rule of the Thirteen Colonies by the British Empire and created the modern United States of America. The Revolutionary era was both exhilarating and disturbing–a time of progress for some, dislocation for others. The American Revolution is the series of ideas, and changes that resulted in the revolution and ensuing political separation of thirteen colonies in North America from the British Empire and the creation of the United States of America with a new political system. The American War of Independence which lasted from 1775 to 1783, was one part of the revolution, but the revolution by the Americans began before the first shot was fired at Lexington and Concord and continued after the British surrender at Yorktown. Years later, in 1818, John Adams wrote: "The Revolution was effected before the War commenced," and "The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people."\n\nHistorians usually agree that the revolutionary era began in 1763 as Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War, and the military threat to the colonies from France ended. The end of the period is usually marked by as Treaty of Paris in 1783. However, references to the "revolutionary era" sometimes stretched to 1789, when a new government under George Washington began operating.\n\nInterpretations about the effect of the revolution vary. At one end of the spectrum is the older view that the American Revolution was not "revolutionary" at all, that it did not radically transform colonial society, but simply replaced a distant government with a local one. The more recent view pioneered by historians such as Bernard Bailyn, Gordon Wood and Edmund Morgan is that the American Revolution was a unique and radical event, based on a new ideology of "republicanism" which produced deep changes that had a profound impact on world history.
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Usually, revolutions come a bout from a radical sect of people would disagree with the status quo and rebel, sometimes very violently, against their government. The American Revolution stands apart from these because it was a conservative revolution, one that people rebel against their government for disrupting the status quo. \n\nThe first example of Britain altering the status quo in the area of politics was the Proclamation of 1763. This piece of legislature was created in response to Pontiac's rebellion. The Proclamation drew an imaginary line on the Appalachian crest and stated that Indians must remain to the west of that line and the colonists to the east. This angered the colonists because it put their western claims under royal control and severely limiting their expansion.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. His legacy as a radical and revolutionary is perhaps best demonstrated by his most famous line in The Social Contract: "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."[1] His remains are kept in the Panthéon, located directly across from those of his contemporary Voltaire.\n\njust intro read more on your own
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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/16801/effects_of_the_american_revolution.html\n\ngood luck!
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William Penn  founded the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The democratic principles that he set forth in the Pennsylvania Frame of Government served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. Ahead of his time, Penn also published a plan for a United States of Europe, "European Dyet, Parliament or Estates. Before moving to America, Penn owned ironworks in the Kent village of Hawkhurst.
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VII. John Marshall and Judicial Nationalism \n    A. Marshall most important chief justice in U.S. history (1801-1835) \n        1. Significantly strengthened the Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison (1803) and other \n            cases. \n        2. His decisions greatly increased power of the federal government over the states. \n            a. Strengthened the union and helped create a stable, nationally uniform environment for \n                business. \n            b. Checked excesses of the popularly elected state legislatures. \n            c. Ironically, his decisions at times hampered democracy at a time when America was \n                become much more democratic during the Jacksonian era.
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the difference in attitude between the colonists (who wanted their independence) and the parliament/king of england.\n\nalso the belief of indirect representation, which basically means that parliament thought that they could rule the colonies indirectly from overseas, but colonists believed in direct representation
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john locke thpught that man was bassically good and had only to be left alone and his goodness would come out. he thought that every mans "self" ( including his) was of God and perfect and woule eventually result in a good world. He did not think it was necessary to force man to be good with rules and punishments and so forth. his basisc nature was to be kind and love and share and help. \nHe was one of the first people to express what is now called a liberal philosophy, in western philosophy of the more modern era. Of course these ideas were not new but at the time were radical as his nemesis, A guy named HObbes, had written an important political book expressing just the ooposite, that man was eveil and had to be controlled to prevent him from anarchy and chos and sin. Both were wrong as men are all things and each is unique.
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The two main ideals from the Magna Carta that affect American law is the right to due process, and the idea that the executive's power is limited. As a note, even in the UK, the Magna Carta has mostly been repealed (since much of it is irrelevant nowadays).
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The American Continental Army led by General George Washington won the American Revolution. They fought against an enemy who was well trained, well armed and well supplied. The factor which played into the favor of American Rebels is that the fight was on their home turf. This should be generally well known.