传统上认为，美国革命的思想根源主要来自英国洛克的自由主义思想、法国启蒙思想，其中以洛克、史密斯和霍布司为代表的思想传统占有统治地位。这派观点强调，美国的建国者们认为个人利益的实现对公众的福利有益；美国人是天生的自由主义者；自由主义相信人的本质是善良的，因 Traditionally, the ideological roots of the American revolution mainly came from the liberal thinking of the British Lockean and the French enlightenment. Among them, the ideological tradition represented by Locke, Smith and Hobbes dominated. This view emphasizes that the founding fathers in the United States consider that the realization of personal interests is beneficial to the public welfare; the Americans are innate liberals; and the liberalism believes that the essence of people is good because