Have you ever wondered who gave poor people their rights? The philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed individuals should have natural rights. “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” (Doc F), in this quote Rousseau suggested that people without money do not have the right to have their voice heard in ways such as not being able to vote or obtain an education. In the 1700’s the philosopher Rousseau had convinced kings and queens to give us our natural rights. As time passed, this idea became a law & expanded to other parts of the world. This is something great because now we have natural rights, for example, we have the right to vote, we have religious freedom, & the ability to have an education. Without his philosophy, we would