The Enlightenment and Revolution in the Americas U5LA

Thomas Hobbes was a philosopher from

And therefore if any two men desire the same thing, which nevertheless they cannot both enjoy, they become enemies; and in the way to their End, . . . endeavour to destroy, or subdue one an other. [Hence, life in the state of nature is] . . . nasty, brutish, and short.

Hobbes calls life in the state of nature “nasty, brutish, and short,” because

The finall Cause, End, or Designe of men, (who naturally love Liberty, and Dominion over others,) in the introduction of that restraint upon themselves, (in which we see them live in Common-wealths,) is . . . getting themselves out from that miserable condition of Warre, which is necessarily consequent (as hath been shewn) to the naturall Passions of men, when there is no visible Power to keep them in awe.

According to Hobbes, why do people form social contracts to “live in Common-wealths”? 

Which of these would be acceptable forms of government, according to Locke? Select all that apply.

What goal did the American Revolution and the French Revolution have in common?