Which statement conveys an idea of john locke's that influenced both the american and the french revolutions? in the state of nature, there is only one social class, not a division into "estates." when government violates individual rights, the people have the right to rebel. colonialism is immoral because it replaces one people's culture with another's. government should exist only to protect the nation, not to control people's lives.

when world war i broke out across europe in 1914, president woodrow wilson proclaimed the united states would remain neutral, and many americans supported this policy of nonintervention. however, public opinion about neutrality started to change after the sinking of the british ocean liner lusitania by a german u-boat in 1915; almost 2,000 people perished, including 128 americans. along with news of the zimmerman telegram threatening an alliance between germany and mexico, wilson asked congress for a declaration of war against germany. the u.s. officially entered the conflict on april 6, 1917.