The writings of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Baron de Montesquieu are significant in United States history because they

John Locke came up with the idea of your basic rights which the government must protect which was life liberty and property. The baron de Montesquieu believed in 3 types of government monarchy (king/queen) dictatorship (dictator) and a republic (elected leader) An Jean-Jacques thought of a social contract theory (social contract) an agreement among people Example: People agree to give up some power for better protection