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The authors of the United States Constitution had come from a country where feudal property rights derived originally from the King and the nobility.
Every acre was owned by someone, either a private individual or by government in the form of the Crown.
The laws of primogeniture and entail meant that an estate of land had to be passed on intact to the oldest son, and those without land were in large measure powerless .” Of particular importance at this time were the writings of the great English political theorist John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ).
To Locke, private property arose out of natural law and existed prior to the creation of government.
The right to own property, therefore, did not depend upon the whims of a king or parliament ; to the contrary, the primary purpose of government was to protect rights in property, since these rights were at the base of all liberties.
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