Question: Explain the historical circumstances that led John Locke and other political philosophers to develop
political ideas such as those expressed in his Second Treatise of Government. (Write answer in space below)

The Age of Enlightenment!

Explanation:

The Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and cultural movement in the eighteenth century that emphasized reason over superstition and science over blind faith. Using the power of the press, Enlightenment thinkers like John Locke, Isaac Newton, and Voltaire questioned accepted knowledge and spread new ideas about openness, investigation, and religious tolerance throughout Europe and the Americas. Many consider the Enlightenment a major turning point in Western civilization, an age of light replacing an age of darkness. Inspired by challenges to the status quo like the Protestant Reformation and the Renaissance

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