Today the US Congress includes women, African Americans, American Indians and naturalized citizens. How does the makeup of the US Congress compare to John Locked ideas about representative democracy? A. Locke believed that everyone in society should be able to serve as Representatives.
B. Lock believed that only women from upper classes should be representatives.
C. Locke believed that all men in society should be eligible to serve as Representatives.
D. Locke believed that only people from the landowning classes should be representatives.

Locke favored a representative government such as the English Parliament, which had a hereditary House of Lords and an elected House of Commons. But he wanted representatives to be only men of property and business. Consequently, only adult male property owners should have the right to vote

Explanation:

Government, he said, was mainly necessary to promote the “public good,” that is to protect property and encourage commerce and little else. “Govern lightly,” Locke said. Locke favored a representative government such as the English Parliament, which had a hereditary House of Lords and an elected House of Commons.