In fact, in the Second Treatise of Government, John Locke claims ““Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions,” which is remarkably similar to what the founding fathers stated in the Declaration of Independence. One would expect that after this extraordinary similarity, these two continents would continue at similar trajectories, bringing up more revolutionary ideas that would aid their citizens as the Enlightenment did. However, this did not happen. Our Declaration of Independence was interpreted by politicians to only apply to rich, landowning, white men. To reach the significantly more fair system that we have today, we had to endure the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in all of human history. On the other hand, the French Republic had outlawed slavery decades