Question

Thomas Jefferson borrowed an idea from John Locke that he is in the Declaration of Independence what did Jefferson called his idea

Answer 1

The idea or words borrowed from John Locke that are in the Declaration of Independence is the "self-evident" expression.

Answer 2

John Locke was a British political philosopher of the Enlightenment Era. One of Locke's most notorious thoughts on politics was that each and every person is born with certain rights, that are property, life and liberty.

One of the Foundation Fathers, and later on the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, used this concept created by John Locke and included it in the Declaration of Independence. He gave this set of rights the name of of "Unalienable Rights".