Enlighten Me

1. One idea that we still use today is that people should form a government to protect their natural rights. Today, we use the government and the Declaration of Independence to protect our natural rights. The Declaration of Independence says that peoples natural born rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.



2. Another idea came from the book A Vindication of Womens Rights. It says that boys and girls should have equal education. Today in America, we use the same idea by teaching boys and girls the same curriculum in the same classrooms.



3. Another example of an idea we still use today is that people should be allowed to own and run their own businesses with little to no government intervention. Today, we have businesses that are run and the government has barely anything to do with it, or free market. All they have to make sure is that a product is safe.



4. In The Two Treatises of Government, the same idea of checks and balances is used today in America. We have the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches. The Judicial branch interprets the law, the Legislative branch makes the law, and the Executive branch enforces the law. They use a system of checks and balances that makes sure that each branch can check the other branches and each has equal power.