John Locke and the Enlightenment

John Locke was the most famous person during the enlightenment. The enlightenment was influenced by the scientific revolution and new things were taking place like there were no longer kings and monarchs and John Locke believed in a government ran by the people which is a democracy. He had a very modern view of the world and thought that every one in the world was born equally. He also said if the government failed to do its job helping and benefiting the citizens they had the right to overthrow them.

The basis of the U.S Constitution was thought of because of the enlightenment, they talked about separation of powers which is similar to the checks and balances that the U.S government has.
So in other words the U.S got most of their ideas from the Constitution and declaration of independence from the enlightenment and John Locke.