Attempt to Understand the Modern State with the Concepts of People, Sovereignty and Democracy for Jefferson and Rousseau.

This research has established the objective of analyzing the concepts of people, sovereignty and democracy, modern state foundations, according to the thought of Rousseau and Jefferson, authors with historical and cultural significance in the formation of the social contract and democracy. Regarding the hypothesis, it is believed that the concepts presented by Rousseau and Jefferson are diverse, due to its historical and geographical formation quite different. For the realization of this article had been used inductive and literature review method. In conclusion, it is understood that the authors have, even with diverse backgrounds, more similarities than differences in exposed concepts