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American History: Biographies: John Locke

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The University of Groningen provides information about the 17th century British liberal philosopher. Includes concise biographical information and a link to the text of "A Letter Concerning Toleration." Read about what part of his philosophy was adopted by Thomas Jefferson and included in the Declaration of Independence.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Concepts
natural rights, john locke, thomas jefferson
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Additional Tags
enlightenment, power to govern, will of the people, declaration of independence, from revolution to reconstruction, ideas that influenced the constitution, ideals of the declaration of independence, influence on united states
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information
Common Core
RI.11-12.9 RI.11-12.8