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The statement of what natural rights people had, as defined by Thomas Jefferson in

the Declaration of Independence, was based on the ideas and writings of...?
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Paine
O John Adams
John Locke
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Answer:

John Locke

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Most scholars today believe that Jefferson derived the most famous ideas in the Declaration of Independence from the writings of English philosopher John Locke. Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government in 1689 at the time of England's Glorious Revolution, which overthrew the rule of James II.

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