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The writings of the Enlightenment influenced the leaders of the American and French Revolutions. For example, Thomas Jefferson wrote that all citizens have a right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence, based on the writings of John Locke. True False

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I think it's true
Natural rights, Social Contract, Revolution, and Reason are ideas of Enlightment. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is also part of it.
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