THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT SIGNERS AND LEGACY
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Rights that the government gives you
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Unalienable rights
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Rights that you have to earn
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Rights that you get from your job
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Detailed explanation-1: -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."
Detailed explanation-2: -Inalienable rights are those that can not or should not be taken away from a person. Natural rights are those that a person is born with.
Detailed explanation-3: -Natural Rights are rights that you have when you are born. The idea first came up in ancient times but was discussed most famously by English philosopher John Locke in the sixteen hundreds. Locke said that the most important natural rights are “Life, Liberty, and Property”.
Detailed explanation-4: -Natural rights analysis can identify the fundamental liberties that all human beings require to pursue happiness while living in close proximity to others-the rights of several property, freedom of contract, first possession, self defense, and restitution.