9. What are the consequences of proposed amendments, - id99639081, chrisdelreal86

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History: 9. What are the consequences of proposed amendments, including deadlines for ratification? Consider both short-term and long-term effects.

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Locke - citizens have the right to replace any government that fails to serve the public good

Voltaire - belief in religious toleration

Rousseau - argued that the general will of the people acted as a “social contract”

John Locke was fundamental to US Declaration of Independence, and influenced Thomas Jefferson, “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness”

Voltaire's ideas guaranteed in US Bill of Rights and French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Rousseau inspired many of the leaders of the French Revolution who overthrew the monarchy in 1789 and, influenced socialism, and nationalism

These Enlightenment thinkers changed the way societies influenced their governments and brought conservative ideas under scrutiny

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9. What are the consequences of proposed amendments, including deadlines for ratification? Consider both short-term and long-term effects.