Thomas Hobbes and John Locke were the philosophers of the European enlightenment that influenced the founding documents of American government.
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes was one of the founders of modern political philosophy.
John Locke was regarded to as one of the most important philosophers of Enlightenment and father of the Liberalism.
Founding documents of American government include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights which demonstrate the philosophical, political as well as traditional foundations on which the US was built.
