John Locke and "The Enlightenment"

John Locke was an Enlightenment thinker. The ideas he had influenced Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the The U.S. constitution. In the second paragraph of the U.S Constitution, one of John Locke's thoughts were in and is talking about rights saying that all men are created equal. It also says that the government was made to secure rights and make people safe and happy. They got their power from the people who organize their power to make rules. If the government doesn't follow rules, it should be changed or abolished.