Question

Who felt that the duty of government is to protect the natural rights of the people which include life, liberty, and property?

Thomas Jefferson
General Gage
King George III
John Locke

Answer 1

John Locke

Step-by-step explanation:

John Locke believed that reasoning (thinking logically) can determine what rights people would have in a state of nature. He decided that life, liberty (freedom), and property are natural rights, which are rights everyone should have just because they are human beings. :D

Answer 2

John Locke
His philosophies led the enlightenment and he believed that the government should never infringe on natural born rights, and if it did the people had the right to overthrow the government and form a new one