John Locke

IDEAS TAKEN FROM BRITISH PHILOSOPHER JOHN LOCKE

• ​Political Philosopher

• Had a big influence on American Revolutionaries

• ​Wrote that revolution against tyranny is a right people have

• ​Believed in religious freedom

• ​Believed in natural rights, like "life, liberty, pursuit of happiness"

• ​Influenced Declaration and Constitution

​John Locke

​1632 - 1704

GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE CROWN

• Quartering of Soldiers

• Standing Armies in the Colonies

• Taxation without Representation

• Forbidding the Colonial Legislatures from passing laws

• Failure to enforce laws

• No Trial by Jury

• Making it hard for Colonists to participate in Government