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| *Natural Rights Philosophy |
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| Every man has certain rights like life, liberty, and property/happiness. |
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| John Locke, Second Treatise of Government |
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| Locke's contract theory of government, said that governments derived their powers from the consent of people who had the right to overthrow their govt, if it denied them basic human rights, like life liberty, the pursuit of happiness. |
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| The Declaration of Independence put forth a lot of charges on George III, and all the wrongdoings he had done to the colonies. |
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| Richard Henry Lee's Resolution of June 7, 1776 |
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| Declared that the United Colonies ought to be, and have the right to be free and independent states. |
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| Jefferson was the "draftsman" of the declaration of independence, was a eloquent writer, but others contributed ideas. |
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| Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livington |
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| Were assigned with Jefferson to produce a rationale for independence. This group asked John Adams and Jefferson to produce the first draft of declaration. |
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| July 4, 1776 and the Declaration of Independence |
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| Declaration of independence drew from Virginia Constitution and Virginia's Declaration of Rights. |
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| Somerset Case (in Great Britian) |
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| A slave basically escapes from the colonies to Great Britain, controversy, but the slave is eventually declared free, which essentially bans slavery in England, even if were slaves elsewhere. |
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| Quock Walker case, Massachusetts |
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| An American slave sues and wins his freedom, after quoting from Mass Constitution that all men are born free and equal. It helps ... in influences abolishment of slavery, but this is only one individual that won his freedom. |
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