How did the ideals of the enlightenment thinkers affect the colonists and the representatives of the new united states of america? use a topic sentence and details sentences with textual evidence to support your answer.

Ideals of the enlightenment greatly affected the USA, specifically with its constitution. In the US constitution you find ideas of John Locke and Montesquieu: Locke’s theory of the role of government being to protect the natural rights (life liberty and property) of its people and Montesquieu’s idea of separation of powers (so the US has 3 branches of government).