Origins Of Ideas That Form The Basis Of The American Governmental Tradition

Part I of Essay
The ideas that form the basis of the American governmental tradition have come from a number of different sources including Voltaire, John Locke, and Montesquieu. John Locke, was from England. He believed in the Natural Rights of Life, Liberty and Property for the people. ....

Part II of Essay
.... into the political structure. It says that “ It is there right, it is there duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security”. This supports the idea of John Lockes theory of Power comes from the people. That if the law is bad or disobeyed the people have the right to change it. He also supported the idea of Right to Revolution, where the government is changed if its not doing the job. This can also be found and supported in the Declaration of Independence. In the Declaration it says that “ It ....