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Thomas Jefferson based his claims in the Declaration of Independence on a set of ideas.

What were these ideas?

the colonists' rights as English citizens

the separation of powers in the Constitution

the Enlightenment philosophy of natural rights

the Christian teachings of the New Testament

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The notion of natural rights of life, liberty, and property was a radical, and uniquely American, ideal

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