John Locke heavily influenced Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence....
Jefferson speaks out against Britiannia's great King of tyranny. Declaring that we as humans deserve unchangeable rights as we are born. Life! the right to live.. Liberty! the right for freedom... and the pursuit of happiness! the right to prosper...
These rights are what Jefferson fights for... and it is these rights that King John has violated!
And upon these rights, governments are made to govern the people. And upon those rights, the people can abolish the government and replace it if it is becoming too destructive. By writing the Declaration of Independence, not only has Jefferson declared the colonies independent from Great Britian, but declared what we people have the right to do!
The Enlightenment has helped us all today, but still... people's "rights" are being violated everyday... everywhere. New ideas and new morals will be established... but our rights will never change.
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