How did John Locke influence the Declaration of Independence?

no, but he did influence the declaration of independence

John Locke was friends with most of the people that drafted the Declaration of Independence. These people believed in his philosophies and used some of his ideas in the document.

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Ideas they had written about influence the author of the declaration

John Locke and Thomas Hobbes. Locke is right, I'm not sure about Hobbes.

If you are referring to the Declaration of Independence, then no. Thomas Jefferson wrote the declaration. His thinking was influenced by John Locke though, among others.

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Thomas Jefferson Answer mine? What did John Locke write that Thomas Jefferson used in writing the declaration of independence

The one person that influenced the Declaration the most was John Locke, and his theories on Freedoms. Also, King George's mistreatment of the colonies.

John Locke came up with the philosophy of equality which ultimately became the philosophy of 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.

He did, and if you are asking this question for the reason that I think you are, he also had a heavy influence on the Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration of Independence was mainly based on the views of John Locke.

Answer: provides justification for revolting against unjust governments. The Declaration of Independence was influenced by Enlightenment Philosopher John Locke. John Locke believed that all men were entitled to life, liberty and property. Thomas Jefferson used the ideas of Natural Rights as proposed by Locke. Philosopher John Locke's ideas were an important influence on the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson restated Locke's contract theory of government when he wrote in the Declaration that governments derived "their just Powers from the consent of the people."

John Locke. Locke had written several books that Jefferson had read and the Declaration of Independence reflects Jefferson's understanding/agreement with the thoughts of Locke.

Jefferson used Locke for the Declaration of Independence.

John Locke had no opinion of the Declaration of Independence. He died 1704, 22 years before Jefferson's penning of it...

There are a number of writings that are credited with influencing the creators of the Declaration of Independence. Specifically, the works of John Locke and Thomas Paine were a huge influence on Thomas Jefferson.

John Locke wanted everyone to have the "right to life, liberty, and property" which is used in the Declaration of Independence as the "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." His ideas of the social contract, in which everyone in a society is accountable to one another, and the idea of governments deriving their power from the consent of the governed were both revolutionary concepts in 1776 that made their way into the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

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Jefferson did. He expressed Locke's philosophy in the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson and John Locke Answer: John Locke died in 1704. The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence (which it says on his grave). There were four other men on the committee helping him: Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.

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The American Declaration of Independence was heavily influenced by the ideas of the English philosopher John Locke.