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What did John Locke influence the founding fathers to do

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establishing America's First Principles, most notably the recognition of unalienable rights, the Social Compact, and limited government.

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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.

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