Question

Name and explain the four outside influences on the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

There are four parts to the Declaration of Independence which include the Preamble, A Declaration of Rights, A Bill of Indictment, and A Statement of Independence. 1.

Step-by-step explanation:

Thomas Jefferson used the thoughts first penned by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," was an idea first considered by Locke in his Two Treatises on Government.

South America and Central America both drew inspiration from the United States Declaration of Independence for their own ones, but the political histories of the nation-states born would be checkered with despotism and corruption.