Both examples of self government in the New World
D John Locke’s Two Treatises of Civil Government inspired the principle of natural rights, which colonists used to substantiate their belief that the British government was tyrannous.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson identified three natural rights "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." Which were influenced by the writings of John Locke
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