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What are the 3 natural rights Jefferson wrote are most important to all men?
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"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
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What did Thomas Jefferson do that was so important?
He wrote the declaration of independence and was our 3rd president, wrote the statute of rights.
Who wrote most of the Bill of Rights?
Thomas Jefferson
Did Jefferson support the idea of a Bill of Rights?
He wrote it....
Who wrote virginias declaration of rights?
thomas jefferson
Wrote a summary view of the rights of British America?
Thomas Jefferson wrote this for the First Continental Congress in 1774
Who wrote natural rights?
Locke.
Why was Jefferson important in the American Revolution?
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.
What were some of john Locke's discoveries?
john Locke didn't discover anything. He was a thinker, writer, and philosopher who wrote about "natural rights of man". This influenced Jefferson who based his thinking on Locke when writing the Declaration of Independence.
What ideas about the government did Jefferson draw on in writing the declaration of independence?
The words Jefferson wrote show that his thinking was greatly influenced by john Locke. In fact, a passage in the second paragraph of the Declaration clearly was inspired by Locke's ideas about natural rights in Two Treatises of Government.
Which of Europe's Enlightenment philosophers wrote about natural rights?
John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are two prominent Enlightenment philosophers who wrote extensively about natural rights. Locke's "Second Treatise of Government" and Rousseau's "The Social Contract" are two key works that discuss the concept of natural rights, such as life, liberty, and property.
Who is political philosophy is most clearly reflected in the declaration of independence?
John Locke was the main influence on Jefferson as he wrote the Declaration. Locke wrote that men had natural rights given to them by God and that a government couldn't take away these rights. This is the core thought to the Declaration.
What was important about Thomas Jefferson?
He wrote the declaration of Independence
