"The Enlightenment movement, which questioned traditional authority and embraced rationalism, heavily influenced The Declaration of Independence. In breaking away from Great Britain, Thomas Jefferson called on the ""certain unalienable rights"" of ""life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."" These rights varied only slightly from the rights of ""life, liberty and property"" British philosopher John Locke laid out in his 1689 ""Two Treatises of Government."""
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