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The writings of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu are significant in United States history because they

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John Locke came up with the idea of your basic rights which the government must protect which was life liberty and property.  The baron de Montesquieu believed in 3 types of government monarchy(king/queen) dictatorship(dictator) and a republic (elected leader) An Jean-Jacques thought of a social contract theory  (social contract) an agreement among people Example: People agree to give up some power for better protection
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