Why did John Locke oppose the idea of an absolute monarch running a country’s government?

He promoted, then, a limited government that had to be accountable for its actions, and opposed the idea of an absolute monarch or any other absolute government, believing that someone with unlimited authority that could make arbitrary decisions was very unlikely to protect people's natural rights

herodotus taught this. herodotus was an ancient greek historian who was born in halicarnassus in the persian empire. he is known for having written the book the histories, a detailed record of his "inquiry" on the origins of the greco-persian wars.

that was the type of government the spanish colonists were used to.