American Revolution and the republic which eventually came o

American Revolution and the republic, which eventually came out of it, were largely modeled on the ideals and theories set forth by John Locke. What might you imagine would have been the outcomes of an American Revolution based upon the ideals of Jean-Jacques Rousseau? What rights might we have ended up with had we followed Rousseau\'s ideals, and what role might the US now be playing in the world?

Solution

Both John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau are indeed excellent political philosophers where Locke believed that the natural rights will be enforced by the government while Jean mentioned that one has to follow according to the general will setting aside the personal preferences. On the whole, Locke\'s ideas might be more inclined towards individuality while Jean\'s ideas were towards general will. So, there would be a considerable amount of ideals suppression to the individuals if the revolution was based on jean jacques rousseau. In this regard, the lack of individuality might set aside certain growth factors of the country and in this regard, US might not become a good country and a powered nation as we see that today. So it has to be remembered that, Locke\'s ideas favored a lot to the United States and things might go the other way if the ideals were based upon jean jacques rousseau.