The English Civil War

The English Civil War had far reaching consequences that continue to impact global society to this day. The act of removing a king from power and executing him for crimes against the people was practically unheard of, and forever changed the relationship between the government and the governed. In this week’s lessons, we looked at several examples of the political ideas that spawned from the English Civil War, most prominently the theories of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and the first major consequence of those theories, which manifested in the American Revolution. Based on this week’s lessons and the required readings, in what ways did the American Revolution prove to conform to the philosophy of John Locke? You will need to use the US Declaration of Independence and Federalist No. 10 to accurately address this prompt.

Open a thread and write a post of at least 250 words to address this prompt. Make sure to reference the lectures, and assigned readings and videos, and use specific examples from all three to support your ideas.