In the 17th century John Locke introduced the concept of <u>happiness</u> as an objective that rulers should promote by providing individuals with the right to property and to produce gains for their well-being. However, it is in the Declaration of the Rights of Man - when it is proclaimed the independence of the United States, in 1776– that Thomas Jefferson includes "the pursuit of happiness," along with freedom and life, as "self-evident" truths, inalienable rights of men. Years later, in the Declaration of the Rights of the Citizen (1789) the French emphasize equality, freedom, and fraternity, but that document also establishes the "right to happiness of all." Of course, these principles were not initially applied to all human beings until centuries later.
Answer: There is a clear constitutional distinction between provinces and territories. While provinces exercise constitutional powers in their own right, the territories exercise delegated powers under the authority of the Parliament of Canada.
The ideas enunciated in Roosevelt's Four Freedoms were the foundational principles that evolved into the Atlantic Charter declared by Winston Churchill and FDR in August 1941; the United Nations Declaration of January 1, 1942; President Roosevelt's vision for an international organization that became the United Nations
