Thomas Jefferson stated in The Declaration Of Independance, paragraph two, all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Basically meaning that all people in The United States Of America will have equal right. That people have the right to pursue there happiness and have liberty amongs eachother.
It also says that the government splits its power. Also that the people, we as citizens, make the government. Following by the way that The Enlightenment thinker ( John Locke) set forth his ideas. Governemtn comes from the people. Thats how we handle our government today, having we as the power have Life, Liberty, Pursuit of property. Jerfferson just switched the last word from property to happiness and we can see that Jefferson was very influneced by Locke's ideas. So for conclusion it is said that Democracy came from the ideas of Thomas Jefferson and John Locke.
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