The Continental Congress appointed a committee consisting of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, to write the Declaration of Independence. Anams and Franklin assigned the task to Jefferson. He wrote it and they made minor changes. They brought it back to the Congress which made changes to the bill of particulars attached as an appendix.
The right to govern derives from God's law.
July 2nd, 1776. And actually, Thomas Jefferson is the one who wrote it.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson took a stand on the rights of the people. He believed in it so much he added the line "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" to the Declaration of Independence.
to protect the rights of its citizens.
Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of social philosopher John Locke in the Declaration of Independence. Locke's concepts of natural rights, government by consent, and right to revolution influenced Jefferson's beliefs in individual liberties and the role of government.
Thomas Jefferson's children are dead.
Thomas Jefferson questioned the right to buy the Louisiana Purchase.
the deceleration of independence states that every man is created equally and that every man has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
He wanted everyone to have an equal right
Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, stated that "revolution is the right of mankind" in the Declaration of Independence.
the decleration states that because the British government had repeatedly taken away the american rights, the american colonists had the right to form a new government.