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Which Enlightenment philosopher is most closely associated with the ideathat government exists only by consent of the people?

A. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
B. John Locke
C. Thomas Hobbes
D. Baron de Montesquieu

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B) John Locke believed that men were free and equal and shouldn't be subject to a monarch

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B. John Locke belived t since the people give the power to the government, they have the right to take it away

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