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∙ 10y agoThomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence. He was advised by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was inspired by the Virginia Declaration of Rights written by George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee.
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 in The Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson, it was important because both the Bill of Rights and France's Declaration of the Rights of Man took ideas from it.
Jefferson used the philosophy of John Locke for the Declaration. The idea that man had rights was revolutionary thinking in a time where kings ruled and everyone else was considered below them.
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The statements made in the beginning of the Declaration of Independence are from the philosophy of john Locke. His philosophy was revolutionary because people had no rights for anything. Only kings had rights.
The statements made in the beginning of the Declaration of Independence are from the philosophy of john Locke. His philosophy was revolutionary because people had no rights for anything. Only kings had rights.
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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.
The Declaration of Independence mentioned the rights of man. Jefferson had read Locke and used the Enlightenment thinking in the Declaration.
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What is the role of true government as Thomas Jefferson portrays it in The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence. He was advised by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson was inspired by the Virginia Declaration of Rights written by George Mason and Thomas Ludwell Lee.
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
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The statements made in the beginning of the Declaration of Independence are from the philosophy of John Locke. His philosophy was revolutionary because people had no rights for anything. Only kings had rights.