THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Bill of Rights
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Freedom to Live
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Will Smiths movie
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Unalienable Rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Declaration, “the pursuit of happiness” is listed with the other “unalienable rights” of “life” and “liberty.” Those are qualities of existence, states of being. You are either alive or dead, free or enslaved. Governments have something to say about those states by how they govern their citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Unalienable rights are universal and nontransferable. They are pre-political in the sense that they are not created by persons or society but rather set standards for politics.
Detailed explanation-3: -While the Declaration of Independence recognizes the unalienable rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” and the Constitution explicitly protects life and liberty, happiness goes unmentioned in the highest law of the land.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Preamble boldly states the “self-evident” rights of every individual as “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” This phrase is slightly different from John Locke’s.