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I believe that the Declaration of Independence was plagarized off enlightenment thinkers John Locke and Rousseau. John Locke's idea of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is represented within the first sentence of the Declaration. Now, Rousseau rejected almost all forms of government but he did support the idea of a community based on choice of all citizens (like the democratic government in America today) which is represented towards the end of the first section of the Declaration. Thomas Jefferson writes in the Declaration of the peoples right to abolish a government if actions occur that affect their freedom and that is much of what Rousseau had ideas of when he was thinking of his form of government. So yes, I do believe the Declaration was plagiarized.

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The Declaration of Independence was kind of plagiarized but changed in the making. Did they really steal the idea or was it up for grabs? John Locke did say "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness", maybe he was hoping for someone to use his ideas a spread it around.

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The Declaration of Independence seems to be somewhat plagiarized/based off of the ideas of John Locke with the "Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness", Locke said something similar with "Life, Liberty and the right to own property". Later on you see the ideas Rousseau had about government. Such as were the government should be able to hold and use that power and how the people are able to reject that power.

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I believe that some of the ideas used in the Declaration of Independence were plagiarized. There are ideas like "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" that came from John Locke included. There is also ideas from Rousseau like how much power the government should hold and what the people should do if they overstep that power.

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I believe that the Declaration of Independence was plagiarized,  the enlightenment thinker John Locke's ideology of natural born rights was stated in this document when it said "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It also highlights Rousseau's ideas about government and their people, this is shown in the following quote "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it."

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I think some of the Declaration of Independence is plagiarized. I see ideas of Locke about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Towards the end I see ideas of Rousseau when it refers to government.

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I think the Declaration of Independence was plagiarized. There were many ideas like the "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is similar to John Locke's idea of 'life, liberty, and property." It has some elements from Rousseau's ideas on how the government should hold power.

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Yes, I think the document plagiarized some ideas from Enlightenment thinkers.The Enlightenment thinkings I can identify is John Locke's ideas. In the beginning it says , ".... Life, liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" this comes from John Locke's idea that all men were created equal and were given these rights at birth. I also can identify ideas from Rousseau when it refers to the government.

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I think that they did indeed plagiarized so of the ideas used in this document by John Locke because it was almost or was word for word exactly like John Locke wrote. While I do also think that they did use some ideas from Rousseau to inspire some parts of the "Declaration of Independence" , they didn't use word for word of it like they did with John Locke. So yeah maybe some parts of the "Declaration of Independence" was plagiarized.

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I think that the document plagiarized from the ideas of John Locke in the beginning when the statement " 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". As the document progresses, the ideas of Rousseau also come up in the way that it speaks about how government should be set up.

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I think that it is plagiarized because in the beginning the sentence "...unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" was taken from John Locke's ideas. Towards the end there is also some ideas from Rousseau when it states that "...it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."

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I think that it plagerized some of John Locke's ideas in the beginning. It talks about how everyone has "certain unalienable Rights" like Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. John Locke talked about this before, so that is why they plagiarized him. Also, they talk about some of the beliefs of Rousseau. It talks about how the government should act and it is similar to Rousseau's ideas.

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John Locke's ideas can be identified when it states  Life Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Rousseau's idea is also in the passage at the end were it says that if the government is disruptive then its the right for people to overthrow it or abolish it.

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To begin with the first sentence ""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." discuss our natural laws which comes from John Locke. Lower down you can read where it says " --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter" or to abolish it," is where Rousseau thoughts come in. So yes some parts of the Declaration of Independence was plagiarized.

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When it comes to the beginning we can see that he plagiarized from the work of John Locke the rights of man "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness",  and through it then switches to the beliefs of Rousseau. The government being there to solely protect fellow man and if it is to fail the ruler should be replaced to be the peoples new "guard" and "protector.

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In the beginning of the passage it says life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This is a phrase from John Locke. He believed that these rights should be a given. As the passage continues you begin to see Rousseau's ideas when it comes to the government being an institution among men.

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In the beginning we see that John Locke was a influencer, then there are the ideas of Rousseau.

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The ideas of John locke are in the beginning. The part where you see his idea is "... By the creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Hapiness." I do believe that the Declaration of Independence was plagiarized.

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John Lockes beliefs were very prominent in the Declaration- we see this at the part where it says ""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.-".

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John Locke's idea of the natural rights of humans is stated at the beginning. His idea that people have unalienable rights which are life, liberty, and property. It is kind of reworded. "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."

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At the start of the document there is almost a direct plagiarism of John Locke, "that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
Later on Rousseau's works appears when they talk about how the government is given powers from the people.

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Parts of the Declaration of Independence is plagiarized.  "Life and liberty" is stoled from John Locke. The branches from the government is from Rousseau.  where it talks about abolishing the government if it is needed is also from Rousseau.

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In the beginning of the passage, we can make a connection to John Locke when it states "Life, Liberty and Pursuit of happiness.

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In the beginning of the excerpt it states " Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness which was John Locke theory.

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You can see John locke's ideas in the beginning of the document. You can also see some ideas of Rousseau's ideas throughout the document.

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Josh Rubino              Through my further look upon this section, I can say that parts of the Declaration of Independence is plagiarized. I believe so because you can see John Locke's ideas being used where the Declaration of Independence says "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." 

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Josh Rubino              Through my further look upon this section, I can say that parts of the Declaration of Independence is plagiarized. I believe so because you can see John Locke's ideas being used where the Declaration of Independence says "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." 

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In the beginning of the excerpt, the ideas are drawn from the ideologies of John Locke and Rousseau, with talk about Natural Rights and many branches of government and the power being from the people.

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yes, i do see signs of plagiarism. ¨Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness¨ was introduced by John Locke. ¨That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it¨ was introduced by Rousseau.

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I can identify parts of Rousseau and Locke. The idea of all men are equal and have God-given rights is from Locke and the idea that the government gets it power from the people are from Rousseau

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In the Beeggining of the passage it states "... Life, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness", which links back to John Locke who believed that these the rights that we should be given. As you read further on you will then see the ideas of Rousseasu when it comes to the government being an institution among men.

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In the beginning of the document, there is evidence from the Enlightenment thinker, John Locke, "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." I mean, if you were going to put an idea by someone else, you could at least fully rephrase it. "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." This quote is also from Rousseau's thinking. And near the end you can see more of Rousseau's ideas.

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In the beginning of this excerpt there is evidence of John Locke's idea of natural born rights.

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The beginning of the document talks about people have life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness. This is John Lockes idea of natural rights. In the middle it says that people have the right to abolish the government and that the government derives its power from the people. This is from Jean Jacques Rousseau.

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In the beginning of the declaration of independence John Locke's idea of natural born rights is highlighted in the quote "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Rousseau's Ideas on government and their people are next highlighted in the quote "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it."

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In the start you notice the first one you see is John Locke the idea of life liberty and other natural rights somewhere in the middle and end the idea of Rousseau's is introduced The right to alter or abolish the government.

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At the beginning, we see John Locke's ideas be used when the declaration says "all men are created equal". But then when we reach the end of the document, we can see a lot of Jean Jacques Rousseau's ideas. The one statement that really shows Rousseau would be "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations...it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such government". This shows Rousseau as Rousseau said that when government gets to tyrannical, the people should overthrow the government.

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Beginning: John Locke
(Idea of life and Liberty being natural rights)

We see john L. and Rousseau's contract that they did together within the document.

End: Rousseau
(Government should only have the power for there people only with consent.)

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The beginning of the document, where it says "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," it is John Locke's idea of the natural unalienable rights of life, liberty and property. Then the document goes on into the ideas of Jean- Jacques Rousseau when it says, "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, -That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it...," and the document continues on to express his ideas of the government deriving all of their power from the people and that the people can over throw the government if need be.

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In the beginning, I saw a lot of John Locke's ideas in the Declaration of Independence. Then near the end, Rousseau's ideas are introduced.

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Right from the start I seen a lot about John Locke and his ideas in the declaration of independence. And closer to the end it is more about Rousseau. It also talks about the social contract that Locke and Rousseau made.

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John Locke's ideas are very prominent throughout the Declaration of Independence.

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I can see a lot of John Locke's Ideas in the Declaration of Independence. The idea of life and liberty being natural rights. We also see John Locke and Rousseau's social contract that the government should only have power in order to fit the needs of the people and that they should overthrow that government should they stop suiting those needs.

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I see a good amount of John locke's thinking in the beginning of the document and in the middle. I do see more of Jean- Jacques Rousseau throughout the rest of it.