Question

John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau all were A) advocated American independence. B) French Enlightenment philosophers. C) proponents of a constitutional monarchy in France. D) influences on the ideals that shaped American government.

Answer 1

D. Influences on the ideals that shaped American government

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Answer 2

B) French Enlightenment philosophers.

Step-by-step explanation:

John Locke is a major thinker of Enlightenment. He developed his ideas of man´s natural rights that inspired the American Founding Fathers and the US Declaration of Independence. Jean-Jacques Rousseau is known for his ideas of the social contract that he explained in a book that bears that name. Montesquieu is the author of the extremely important idea of the separations of powers that is enshrined in the constitution of most countries of the world.