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Whose ideas inspired Thomas Jefferson as he drafted the American Declaration of Independence?
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Whose ideas inspired Thomas Jefferson as he drafted the American Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson took from many thinkers of the Enlightenment period when drafting the Declaration of Independence, but the one that was the most influential was John Locke, whose ideas on popular sovereignty were highly influential. 
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