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How did John Locke & Baron Montesquieu’s ideas influence our “ Declaration of Independence & U.S Constitution”

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Locke believed that the purpose of government is to protect individual liberties and the natural rights of life, liberty and property. The Founding Fathers included these ideas when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. Baron Montesquieu’s had an idea of seperation of power's

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