How did the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Paine contribute to the American War of Independence ?
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His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, but most importantly, the American revolutionaries. ... The phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," was an idea first considered by Locke in his Two Treatises on Government.
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He provided the colonists with the fuel to fire their rebellion. His majestic phrases rang through the colonies and united Americans in a common cause. Paine's eloquence in speech and the power of his pen imparted the ideals and courage needed for the founding of a new nation.
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