THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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defined only by courts
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protected through religion
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natural and possessed at birth
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granted by the President
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Detailed explanation-1: -"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” is a well-known phrase from the United States Declaration of Independence. The phrase gives three examples of the unalienable rights which the Declaration says have been given to all humans by their Creator, and which governments are created to protect.
Detailed explanation-2: -Locke named life, liberty and property as the three fundamental natural rights of mankind in his Second Treatise on Government; the phrase “the pursuit of happiness” came from Locke’s Essay Concerning Human Understanding where it was identified as a principle motivator of people’s actions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Life-the right to live as you choose without government interference. 2. Liberty-freedom. 3. Property-the right to own and hold property.
Detailed explanation-4: -Locke wrote that all individuals are equal in the sense that they are born with certain “inalienable” natural rights. That is, rights that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property."