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Enlightenment ideas such as those expressed in the excerpt above encouraged many American colonists to
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All right Eight pushers are the next two questions for
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this paragraph by John Locke In a second Tracy of
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government on Were done and the man hour of associates
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that I've known They all have powers and you know
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accountable in government The world in this is subsiding Rebelling
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of nature with way society may appeal to many injuries
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to come through here in my rapper persons are down
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It is an authority people remember Absolute prince around Dominion
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Well question enlightenment ideas such as those expressed in the
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excerpt right They're encouraged many American colonists to do what
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The political problems that developed during the mid seventeen hundreds
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led some colonists turned to enlightenment thinkers like John Locke
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for inspiration locks Disapproval of hereditary monarchies inspired Many colonists
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begin questioning their political arrangement and toe actively oppose the
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power of the British monarchy Lock really was key to
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the revolutionary spirit of the founding Fathers That's not just
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a dad joke That's a founding dad joke All right
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so the answers be opposed The power of hereditary leaders
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way All right well the loser ball Well of course
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the columnist might have liked to act as judge is
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in their own court cases who wouldn't But the strict
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British laws made it nearly impossible to do anything but
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follow the regulations that were being passed so a C 00:01:23.2 --> [endTime] and the heart right answers be opposed
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