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Rousseau was born in Switzerland.

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Rousseau was born on June 28, 1712. Rousseau died on July 2, 1778 at the age of 66.

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Rousseau was a political philosopher who was interested in music, literature education and obviously, philosophy. He is credited with some ideas such as general will, popular sovereignty, public opinion and more.

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Rousseau is responsible for the works like "On the Social Contract", "Reveries of a Solitary Walker", "Confessions", "Emile" and many more.

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Rousseau had the idea that all religions are equal and that people should follow whatever religion they were raised following. Rousseau's ideas and books were so controversial to the government that his works were banned and burned in some places. Rousseau even had a warrant for his arrest out.

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Locke was born in England.

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Locke was born on August 29, 1632. Locke died on October 28, 1704 at the age of 74.

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Locke was a political, mind and education philosopher who was interested in metaphysics, economics and more. He is credited with the ideas of natural rights, law of opinion, consent of the governed and more.

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Locke is responsible for the works like "Two Treatises of Government", "A Letter Concerning Toleration", "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding", "Some Thoughts Concerning Education" and many more.

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Locke gave people the idea of natural rights and their rights to life, liberty and property. This got to people and even helped start our country. These rights were set as natural laws/rights and helped our country become what it is today.

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Montesquieu was born in France.

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Montesquieu was born on January 18, 1689. Montesquieu died on February 10, 1755 at the age of 66.

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Montesquieu was a political philosopher who was interested just mostly in politics and philosophy. He is mainly credited with the idea of separation of powers like executive, legislative and judicial.

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Montesquieu is responsible for the works like "Reflections on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decline of the Romans", "The Spirit of Laws" and many more.

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Montesquieu came up with the idea of political/government branches. He got the idea for an executive branch, a legislative branch and a judicial branch. These are the same branches we use for our government in the modern US.

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Voltaire was born in France.

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Voltaire was born on November 21, 1694. Voltaire died on May 30, 1778 at the age of 83.

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Voltaire was a writer and a philosopher who was interested in political philosophy, literature, historiography and more.

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Voltaire is responsible for works like "The Henraide", "The Maid Of Orleans", "The Age Of Louis XIV", "Micromégas" and many more.

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Voltaire had a strong and positive influence on lots of poor people because he believed that all people are equal. He wanted to break down the walls that separated people and believed that the king was equal to a peasant. We use these same morals in modern day USA. Our government follows the same basics, or are supposed to at least.