Free Flashcard From FSOT World Hist and Geography
Question:
7. Enlightenment thinker John Locke is
most noted for his writings concerning:
A. human rights
B. free enterprise
C. the scientific method
D. slavery
Answer:
7. A. Locke's ideas that all men are born with certain
rights that government has an obligation to protect were the inspiration for
much of the American Declaration of Independence. These ideas were a break with
the historical tradition of hereditary monarchy with absolute power.