the pursuit of happiness
Thomas Jefferson did believe that people had certain God-given rights. The God given rights were life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
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the pursuit of happiness
He wrote a "preamble" to it on May 15, 1776. He was named to the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration, that included Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson based much of the Declaration of Independence on the idea that all men have rights. These included â??Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson is recognized as the main author of the Declaration of Independence, although the document went through revisions by the Committee of Five, which included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston.
Women were left out of the Declaration of Independence.
Adams, Franklin, Lee, Jefferson and others 'wrote' the declaration of independence in terms of what they thought should be included in it. It was the lawyer, Thomas Jefferson that actually wrote their thoughts down in words. From this it does not appear that any of those involved was a 'main writer'.
Richard Stockton was one of the signers of the Declaration Of Independence. He was also the chief justice of New Jersey. He was also one of my ansestors.
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Thomas Jefferson. He had input of a committee that included Ben Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert L Livingston, but he wrote the Declaration and had to revise it 6 times before it was approved.
Possibly the most famous signature was that of John Hancock. However, many other famous men that signed the Declaration of Independence included: Benjamin Frankin, John Adams, Sam Adams, Robert Morris, and Thomas Jefferson.
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