THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
AMERICAN REVOLUTION SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT
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be entitled to the same rights
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have the same abilities
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make the same income
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have the same education
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Detailed explanation-1: -What he really meant was that the American colonists, as a people, had the same rights of self-government as other peoples, and hence could declare independence, create new governments and assume their “separate and equal station” among other nations.
Detailed explanation-2: -All men are born equal, and they have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, according to these principles. These rights are believed to have been bestowed by the Creator and are unalienable, which implies that the government cannot revoke them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thomas Jefferson, through his friendship with Marquis de Lafayette, was heavily influenced by French philosophers of the Age of Enlightenment, such as Voltaire, Rousseau and Montesquieu. In their often censored writings, those philosophers advocated that men were born free and equal.
Detailed explanation-4: -The central claim that “all men are created equal” had profound implications for the American regime of liberty. The “self-evident truth” of human equality meant that humans had equal natural rights, equally gave their consent to create a republican government, had equal dignity, and were equal under the law.