British settlement in the traditional territories of the Native Americans Background John Locke (1632-1704) was an English empiricist philosopher whose ideas had a profound impact on America. To adequately understand the answer to the question, that is, why the English could settle the traditional territories of the Native Americans without asking their consent, we will quote the most famous phrase of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights which among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” The concept that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, the author introduces and discusses them in the treatise with a strange logic that incidentally provides the answer to the question at the center of attention. Logic Offered by Locke on the British Invasions In the beginning, when the whole world was America, they had possessed land in excess, more than their needs; the rest of the world had the right to use the piece of land that was being wasted by the real owners. The author introduces the concept of money and provides context before linking it to property title. “But since gold and silver, being of little use to the life of man, in proportion to food, clothing and transportation, have their value only according to the consent of men – of which work still constitutes in largely the measure – it is clear that the consent of men has consented to a disproportionate and unequal possession of the land, I mean outside the limits of society and covenant;” (Sec. 50) The development of the concept of money therefore made it very easy to conceive that work could initially begin a label of pr......medium of paper......use. If he gave a part of it to someone else, so that it would not perish uselessly in his possession, he also made use of it. And if he also exchanged plums, which would rot in a week, for nuts which would last well for a whole year, he did no harm; he did not waste the ordinary shares; he did not destroy any part of another's portion of property, as long as nothing perished needlessly in his hands." References John Locke, (Sec, 43) The Second Treatise of Government, Chapter 5: Of Property 1690 John Locke, (Sec, 46) The Second Treatise of Government, Chapter 5: Of Property 1690 John Locke, (Sec, 50) The Second Treatise on Government, Chapter 5: Of Property 1690 John Locke, (Sec, 51) Second Treatise on Government, Chapter 5: Of Property 1690 John Locke, (Locke p. 19) Second Treatise on Government, Chapter 5: Of properties Properties 1690