John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

John Locke was the man , that influenced Thomas Jefferson to make up and write a few parts of the declaration of independence. He had a way of looking at life, with a whole lot of freedom for everyone. He influenced the rights for the people to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He influenced them to never let no one go and take their dream away and thought that everyone should be treated equally. If the government ever becomes destructive it is the peoples rights to make it come to its end, and make a new form of government. They are deriving their powers from the consent of the governed, and that its men's duty to control and keep balanced.John Locke was a very big influence to the declaration of independence.