John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

The "Rights" that Jefferson was talking about were Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. According to the Declaration of Independance the government gets its power from the people. If the government got to out of control the people had the right to change it or get rid of it and make a new Government. These ideas were first thought of by John Locke. He wanted a government ran by the people, he wanted a complete democracy. John Locke was very important in The Enlightenment. He came up with all of the different ideas the U.S. Constitution has even though John Locke wasn't part of the U.S. Constitution his ideas were in the thanks to Thomas Jefferson.