This week in class we’ll be discussing where the ideas behind our government came from. Before the United States was the United States the people living in the Colonies had certain ideas about how they felt they should be treated. These ideas were influenced by many things within their culture. The fact that many of them were literate and of European descent meant that they had access to the writings of the “Natural Rights Philosophers.” People like John Locke and Thomas Hobbes had all written on the purpose of government and what good government should look like. I posted this picture to illustrate what stores in our town might look like in a state of nature.
Extra Credit Question: (at this point, there are no wrong answers, but make sure you make a serious attempt to answer the question, otherwise I will award you no points. You also need to be registered)
Based on what we’ve learned in class, do you think government is necessary? Why or Why not?
State of Nature?
