USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Jefferson’s declaration of independence shows clear evidence of the influence of Locke’s writing on the ideas of slavery, representation, and self-rule. He states that all mankind is equal and independent and no one can harm another in his health, liberty, life, and possessions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most scholars today believe that Jefferson derived the most famous ideas in the Declaration of Independence from the writings of English philosopher John Locke. Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 at the time of England’s Glorious Revolution, which overthrew the rule of James II.

Detailed explanation-3: -John Locke was perhaps the foremost philosopher of the Enlightenment. He believed that a government was legitimate only if the people it ruled consented to its authority. He also believed the government should protect the natural rights of citizens and that all individuals should be equal under the law.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Locke’s political theory directly influenced the U.S. Declaration of Independence in its assertion of natural individual rights and its grounding of political authority in the consent of the governed.