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According to locke, what freedoms did people have before the founding of governments?

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Life, liberty, and property.

Step-by-step explanation:

In his works, John Locke claimed that all humans were born with certain fundamental and pre-political rights that did not derive from government laws but from the law of nature and therefore, they could not be denied or restricted by any government or individual; Locke referred to these rights as "natural rights" and they were three: life, liberty, and property.

This French philosopher also believed that the government had to be accountable for the governed and had to protect those fundamental freedoms. However, if the government failed to protect them, people had the right to abolish it and institute a new government.

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