The Enlightenment philosophy of John Locke made America and Canada what they are today, and helped forge the British Empire too. History reveals a tale of racism, colonialism, and First Nation genocide; of law, politics, property, and land. The legacy of “the State of Nature.”

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Thomas Hobbes, “Leviathan” John Locke, “Two Treatises of Government” Alexander Anievas & Kerem Nisancioglu, “How the West Came to Rule” Adam Ferguson, “An Essay on the History of Civil Society” James Tully, Rediscovering America Lief Wenar, “Property Rights and the Resource Curse” http://www.biicl.org/files/4363_wenarpapafinal.pdf “Drumbeat: Anger and Renewal in Indian Country,” edited by Boyce Richardson

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