Samuel Adams,"The Rights of the Colonists(1772)"

Samuel Adams, one of the major organizers of the revolutionary war, wrote "the rights of the colonist" in a intent to not give up to the British Government and keep the colonists together. He uses Locke words throughout the piece, to emphasize the importance of life, liberty and private property as the natural rights of a person. He also talks about the long distance between   Great Britain and the Colonies, as well as their very fast grow of that could very soon be of a bigger size than Britain. He is very aggressive, very provocative and sometimes logical. In the following piece you can understand what i meant by the previous sentences.

 " The inhabitants of this country in all probability in a few years will be more numerous,than those of Great Britain and Ireland together; yet it is absurdly expected by the promoters of the present measures, that these, with their prosperity to all generations, should be easy while their property, shall be disposed of by a house of commons at three thousands miles distant from them; and who cannot be supposed to have the least care or concern for their real interest."

As we can clearly see he dislikes the often neglect Great Britain has impose on the colonies and now facing a economic crisis, turns to them as if they were Great Britain Savior. It is not mentioned in the piece, but he also derived from Locke the idea of legislative, in which society joins the government and participate to see the mutual benefit of all.

Natural Liberty vs Civil Liberty( John Winthrop)

" There is a twofold liberty,natural ( I mean as our nature is now corrupt) and civil or federal" , Little Speech(1639), John Winthrop

Winthrop, a Massachusetts governor, defended the idea of a government by the "few"  acting in the name of God, with control over the people. As people of lower level were concerned about their liberty, they took John Winthrop to court. He felt the need to deliver The Little Speech, in which he after been upheld by the others, addresses his position. The natural liberty he compares as an evil liberty, in which men act as "beast and other creatures". he dislikes this liberty by the fact man can do as they feel like, most likely going against authority, god and purity. He defends civil liberty as the proper end and object of authority, in which one shall do what is honest, just and good. As always, liberty has been one of the issues in all empires, governments throughout history and this time was not different. Those issues are often due people's desire to behave as they feel like. Most likely it will not benefit the whole community if letting one do what he lists. For this reason John Winthrop is a believer and defender of Civil Liberty, in which citizens will subject to authority and do only what is good,honest, pure.