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Which American Founding Father did John Locke influence the most? A Ben Franklin b John Adams c George Washington d Thomas Jefferson

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Option: D.Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson was the most influential on the ideas and thoughts of John Locke. John Locke became famous because of his ideas related to social contact theory. While writing the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson used the thoughts of John Locke. Some of the phrases used like liberty, life, and pursuit of happiness, from Two Treatises on Government.

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