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Jean-Jacques Rosseau was a writer and enlightenment thinker from Switzerland. He was born on  June 28, 1712 and died July 2, 1778. Though is mother died at a young age, Rosseau read with his father and sang with his aunt which inspired his love for writing and music. Some of his more famous writings include "Du contrat social" and  "L'émile ou de l'éducation".  His ideas influenced the government by introducing new ideas like freedom of religion and power to the people. Rosseau truly influenced the American Government and helped shape our community and government structure today.

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John Locke was an enlightenment writer from England that gretaly helped shape our government today.  He was born on August 29, 1632 and died on October 28, 1704.  John was born to a wealthy puritan family and throughout his life got a good education. His most famous work is Two Treatises of Government, which we included in our documents. We used his idea of all men are created equal as a key point in our constitution and moral values. Without him, our society would be a mess of rude, racist or sexist people that would be bad for everyone.

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Baron de Montesquieu was an French enlightenment thinker who helped shape America's government and important documents. He was born in January, 1689, and died in February 1755. His mother and father both had noble histories, and his mother had a large monetary fortune. Both his parents died when we was young, so under the care of his uncle, he studied law. His most famous works include Considerations on the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans and The Spirit of the Laws. We use his principle of checks and balances of the 3 branches in our government today. Without these ideas, we could still be in a monarchy today.

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Voltaire was one of the leading writers of the Enlightenment who helped inspire Thomas Jefferson and other writers of the constitution. He was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris and died on May 30,1778. He was the youngest of five children and his mother died at a young age. His most famous works include Mariamne and The Henriade. He helped bring light to the fact that the poor were people too and that all men are equal. He made better lives for so many less fortunate people, and helped shape our government today.