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What phrase did the pursuit of happiness replace in the declaration of independence?.

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Life,Liberty, estate(property)
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Answer:

Life, Liberty, and Estate.

Step-by-step explanation:

One of the most influential theories doing the rounds is that Jefferson simply plagiarized the English political thinker John Locke, who championed “life, liberty and estate (property).” According to this view, Jefferson’s replacement of the word “estate” with the “pursuit of happiness,” was essentially a play on words.

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