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In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson refers to natural rights as _____.

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He refers to them as unalienable rights, which means nobody can take them away from us. The rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's why it was decreed that nobody should be able to take away these rights and that all the people from the colonies would be free from the moment the Declaration is passed.
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