Tag: social contract

• Political Philosophy BEFORE the Revolution

  

  In reading text books over the years, I’ve noticed that many mention that the colonists sought the “British rights” to which they were entitled as a cause of the American Revolution. Among other things, taxation without representation angered them and they were incensed by the Crown denying them trial by jury. However, in these same…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  December 10, 2019

  american revolution, bill of rights, constitution, constitutional rights, declaration of independence, political philosophy

  american revolution, causes of american revolution, english civil war, glorious revolution, locke, magna carta, political philosophy, social contract