john Locke! He believed that the government should serve the people. So, it is based off of his ideas.
The Declaration of independence was based on a document written by George Mason. It was The Virginia Declaration Of Independence.
The Declaration of Independence was mainly based on the views of John Locke.
In both Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Locke
The Virginia Declaration of rights written by George Mason
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
John Locke
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights
Thomas Jefferson stated the government should be based on protecting the rights of people's freedom. The Declaration of Independence was based on the rights of people.
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The Declaration of Independence (APEX)
The principal author of the original draft of the declaration independence, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, agreed on the sentiments that based it on the form of the United States Declaration of Independence.