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Below you will find a quote from the Declaration of Independence.


What is the main idea of the quote? What is the Enlightenment idea presented and who is the philosopher that influenced this? Make sure you support your answer with evidence!


"“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” - Declaration of Independence


Make sure you're answer is in PARAGRAPH form and includes the following: 1. What is the main idea being expressed? Put this in YOUR words. 2. What Enlightenment idea influenced this quote? 3. Who is the Enlightenment philosopher that influenced the quote? 4. Support for your answer. (WHY is your answer right?)

Answer 1

1. People are born with certain rights that cannot be taken away. These rights are: being alive, not being slaves, and able to make their own choices.

2. Liberalism, the idea that humans have natural, inherent rights.

3. John Locke. His ideas are most fully developed in his Second Treatise Concerning Civil Government. There, he uses the phrase "life, liberty, and property", which Thomas Jefferson edited a bit when writing the Declatation.

This isn't in paragraph form, but I assume you can do that on your own ;)