Question

British colonists in North America in the late seventeenth century were greatly influenced by the political thought of ________.

King James II
Thomas Jefferson
John Locke
James Madison

Answer 1

John Locke

Step-by-step explanation:

John Locke was an English philosopher and physician, considered one of the most influential thinkers of English empiricism and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism." He was one of the first British empiricists. Influenced by the ideas of Francis Bacon, he made an important contribution to social contract theory. His work greatly affected the development of epistemology and political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, thinkers of the French Enlightenment, as well as the American revolutionaries. His contributions to classical republicanism and liberal theory are reflected in the United States Declaration of Independence and the 1689 Bill of Rights.