THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION
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peace, land and bread
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liberty, equality, and fraternity
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justice, tranquility and common defense
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life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
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Detailed explanation-1: -The most famous natural rights theory examples are found in the statements of John Locke and the United States Declaration of Independence. The former consists of the rights to life, liberty, and property, while the latter includes the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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-4: -List the natural rights identified in the Declaration of Independence. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, taxation without representation.