THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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Life
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Liberty
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Pursuit of Happiness
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Property
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United States Declaration of Independence claims that everyone has certain inalienable rights and thus espouses natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Detailed explanation-2: -Remember that the pursuit of happiness, in the Declaration, is not a quest or a pastime, but “an unalienable right.” Everyone has the right to actuallybe happy, not just try to be happy. To use a metaphor: You don’t just get the chance to make the baseball team, you are guaranteed a spot.
Detailed explanation-3: -use for the idea of natural rights, their defense of individual liberties-including the rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of assembly-lies at the heart of modern democracy.