Reason and Revolution By saying natural laws Thomas Jefferson meant the laws of science. These laws were being discovered by scientists and introduced to the people in this period of time during the Age of Reason. Scientists like Isaac Newton began to question themselves why things happen. They didn't believe like the people at these days did that things happened because God said so. So peoplelike Isaac Newton search for answers for many unanswered questions …
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…should choose their rulers democratically. People should have social contracts with the government. Contracts which protect their natural rights of life, liberty, and property. If they didn't like their government or the government was oppressive and violated their rights they could reform it through rebellion. You could try to alter or abolish the laws you didn't like and people had a vote in the government. They could choose their new leaders and their opinions counted.