g that yes men do give up their natural equality, freedom and certain powers in order to join a government, but that the power of that government is obligated to follow through on those three benefits above. Chapter nineteen in the Second Treatise lays out the justifications for rebellion against a government. He states that anytime the legislative is changed or dissolved then the government is dissolved as well. The legislative is changed if a single person, the king in the case of Britain, sets up his own laws in the place of those that exist against the will of the people. This would include him raising or changing the taxes, or enforcing laws against the consent of the citizens. It is also changed if that king stops the legislative from meeting, from acting freely, or from having a say in what laws are formed. Jefferson also used this argument by saying that the King of England had tried to enforce his laws against the citizen’s of the Colonies will and that he had not allowed the representatives of the Colonies to participate in the activities of the Parliament. The other justifications for the dissolving of the bonds between the Colonies and Britain deal with Locke’s theory that man should have control over their lives and their choices within the limits that they do not prevent any other man from the right to life, liberty, and property. So, when Jefferson is arguing against Britain’s laws such as the quartering of soldiers in citizens homes and the taxation of the colonies without representation in Parliament, he derives this argument from the chapter two, section four, of Locke’s Second Treatise of Government. This section sets out the idea that freedom means not being under the control of another man and having the authority and power to do what one wishes with their lives and property. This concept of personal freedom that Locke stresses is often referred to as negative freedom. Section six then assert...
