lieved in the importance of God, but did not want the government ran by religion.Probably the most important idea of Jean Jaques Rousseau would be that all men are born free and equal, and regards the government as ‘a contract in which individuals surrender non of their natural right, but rather agree for the protection of them.’ This idea was the basis for the two most important documents in America. To this day, the world is still striving for all men to be considered free and equal. The writers of the Constitution wanted to construct a government that would protect people’s rights, rather than limit them. Baron de Montesquieu became a very important philosopher of the enlightenment period. He studied the works of John Locke, and took his ideas a few steps further. Montesquieu deeply analyzed three different kinds of government; republic, monarchy, and despotism, he showed the similarities and differences of these three most popular forms of government.His most famous work, based around John Locke’s ideas, became a crucial inspiration in the creation of the U.S. Constitution. Montesquieu believed that in any case, special circumstances determine what kind of government is best, but in any case, there should be some format of a separation and balance of powers in the government to insure the protection of the citizen’s rights and freedom. This idea was the central concept of the U.S. Constitution, and is what is still lived by millions of Americans to this day....
