Thursday, December 2, 2010

Jefferson, DOI

Wow, sorry this is so late I've totally forgotten to post my Perry's on the blog...

Declaration of Independence
  • Written to justify the American's break with the British motherland
  • embodied principles that were familiar to English statesmen and intellectuals
  • Articulated clearly Locke's philosophy of natural rights (life, liberty, and property as essential individual rights)
  • "pursuit of happiness" substituted for property
  • Locke's view of human nature and the origin and true purpose of political authority, along with the people's right of rebellion

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