What is Locke reading?

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Book One:
"Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom" by Condoleezza Rice
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Book Two:
"A Declaration of Independence: A Global History" by David Armitage
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Book Three:
"Two Treatises of Government" by John Locke
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Book Four:
"Democracy: A History" by John Dunn
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Book Five:
"The Political Theory of the American Founding: Natural Rights, Public Policy, and The Moral Conditions of Freedom" by Thomas G. West
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Sources: Information: Middleton, Brian. “John Locke vs Thomas Hobbes: Founders of Modern Political Science.” Owlcation , Owlcation, 25 Dec. 2017, owlcation.com/social-sciences/John-Locke-vs-Thomas-Hobbs-Founders-of-Modern-Political-Science. History.com Staff. “Declaration of Independence.” History.com , A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence . Staff, Amerian History Central. “Thomas Jefferson.” American History Central , R.Squared Communications, LLC, 13 Jan. 2018, www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/thomas-jefferson/ . John Locke (article given for summer assignment) Thomas Hobbes (article given for summer assignment) Baltzell, George W. “Constitution of the United States - We the People.” Constitution for the United States - We the People , 2017, constitutionus.com/. Desjardins, Lisa, and Nathalie Boyd. “What Does Donald Trump Believe? Where the Candidate Stands on 10 Issues.” PBS , Public Broadcastin
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