Technology made the production of goods and services easier, and this increased the amount of wealth in the economy, which raised the standards of living of everyone in Europe, including ordinary people.
Explanation:
For example, vapor machines led to the invention of trains, which could ship goods and transport people from point A to point B at a much faster pace. This made goods that were not produced in the immediate surroundings of the average person a lot cheaper, allowing them access to them with their low incomes.
Thomas Jefferson used the thoughts first penned by John Locke while writing the Declaration of Independence. The phrase "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness," was an idea first considered by Locke in his Two Treatises on Government.