•Influence of Locke, Montesquieu
•The Declaration of Independence
•drew upon
Locke’s concepts of natural rights and equality in
the “state of nature”
•“We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,
that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness.”
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