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John Locke believed that everyone deserves to live their lives freely and that the government’s job is to protect the people’s rights. This carries over into Thomas Jefferson’s beliefs. Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence, so there is a huge correlation between The Declaration of Independence and Locke’s ideas.

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Influenced by John Locke's saying, "Life, Liberty and Property."

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http://www.ushistory.org/gov/2.asp

http://www.americassurvivalguide.com/thomas_hobbes.php

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/

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In one of Locke’s most famous literatures, Two Treatises of Government he states that he believes that all men are created equal and that government should protect the people rather than control them. This is extremely important to The Declaration of Independence since that is basically what the document is about. Locke disagreed with monarchy and that is crucial to the formation of The Declaration of Independence.

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John Locke believed that rights belonged to the people no matter what and little government intervention. Locke also believed that the people should be represented by the government. This carries over into the Constitution because he basically invented Democracy.

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The book Two Treatises of Government states that people deserve “Life, liberty and the property.” The Declaration of Independence states almost the exact same thing except the last word is pursuit of happiness, rather than property. The Declaration alost copies Locke’s words exactly and that shows the huge influence Locke had on Jefferson.

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Locke believed that without “life, liberty, or property” the people had the right to abandon the government. This is what he means by the people should live their free lives, but the government needs to protect their rights. This is the main theme of The Declaration of Independence.