Question

Can someone help me with this. Thanks

Answer 1

It was based off of the idea of freedom both religious and governmental.That all man is created equal and there for deserving of equal rights and happiness.

Step-by-step explanation:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."-the declaration of independence

Answer 2

Thomas Jefferson used the thoughts first confine by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," was an idea first considered by Locke in his Two Treatises on Government.