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1. John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property. Why did Thomas Jefferson change "property" to "the pursuit of happiness" in the Decleration text?
- He did it because he believed that property is not what people wanted, but people wanted the right to be happy and free of opportunity
3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people. Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
- The people who wrote the Decleration only wrote it to tell Britian why they were leaving. They did not want to insult the British or get them angry.

2. Even though many of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence resulted from acts of Parliament, why would the founders have addressed all of them to King George III?
They would have addressed it to king George because, he was the king and had the most power.

3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
Because they didn't want to anger and discourage the British.

1)Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the declaration text?
he wanted all men created equally so he changed the text.
2)Why do you think those were left out of the original text?
They wanted to make peace with them in the future

1.) he wanted all men to be treated equally so they changed it
2.) they wanted to be allies later in the future with them

1. John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property.
Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration text?
He Believed that property isn't what the people want , and Thomas Jefferson change the property to the pursuit of happiness in Declaration text , Because he all men created equally so he made it equal his thoughts.

3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
Because they didn't want to upset or disrespect the British

2. Even though many of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence resulted from acts of Parliament, why would the founders have addressed all of them to King George III?
The founders adressed their grievences because they wanted to tell about the things that the colonies thought were unfair and to better explain why they broke away.

3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
The admonitions against British people were left out of the final draft because the colonies didnt want any more trouble with the British Crown.

1. John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property. Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration text?
-Jonh Locke put the pursuit of happiness in the text because property is not what the people wanted. People wanted to be treated equally ,and to be happy.

3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people. Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?

The admonitions againts the british were left out of the final version because they did not want any more trouble with Britian.

2.Even though many of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence resulted from acts of Parliament, why would the founders have addressed all of them to King George III?
-because he is the ruler of them. and they wanted him to no that they were going to be free no matter what.
3.The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
- You didnt want to anger the people. it would only make the war worse

1.John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property.
Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declartion text?

-Tomas Jefferson changed thethe text because propety dosen'tsuit a person, or the people.
He wanted all of the people to be treated equally.

2)The origanal draft of the decleration had adimitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left ou of the final draft?

-They wanted to be allies in the future.

1.Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration text?
he changed it so that everyone could be happy and had the right to be happy, and we are equal
3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
if they ever got in trouble they had a small chance britain could help.

(1)John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property.
Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration text?
- he did this because it was better then the property, for people are not a property
(3) The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
- Britan could be a good ally and they thought if they wrote bad about them they might not be there ally.

1) Thomas Jefferson wanted all men to be treated equaly, this is why they changed it.
2)They addressed them to king george III because he was the leader of england.

1.John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including life, liberty, and property.Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to pusuit of happiness in the Declaration?
* Property is a very specfic term, and back then slavery was big, so he changed it to happiness. But not just because of that, pursuit of happiness sounds better than property.
3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British. Why do you think that they were taken out of the final draft?
* Because it was unwise to smack-talk the most powerful nation in the world. And because that all men are equal, that kind of out of place in a formal document.

1.)John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property.
Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration?
1.)Thomas Jefferson changed Locke's statement because property Isn't always a natural right and he probably knew that it would become less of a right in the future.

2.)The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.
Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
2.)I think that that was left out of the declaration because the declaration is
telling all countries that they are splitting apart, not just the British.

why did john change property to pursuit of happinessin the declaration ?

1.because freedom is a natural right and it shouldnt be taken away from any man

because in they're eyes king GERORGE HAD WAY TO MUCH POWER AND SOME OF IT SHOULD BE TAKEN SO THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE POWER BECAUSE IN THE END WE ARE ONE NATION

3) The admonitions in the draft were taken out because the idea was not to be the British enemies, and this admonitions against the British people would not help, so they were taken out from the Declaration of Independence.

1) Thomas changed Locks statement in the Declaration text because properties are not always what people want, and the natural rights are liberty and a life that makes you happy. Property is not really a natural right like food or drink.

3.] The origional draft of the Declaration admitions against the British. Why do you think that they were left out of the origional full version.
-I think that they were left out so that they wouldn't make the British mad or upset.
1.] John Lock wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property. Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to "persue happiness" in the declaration text ?
-people would much rather have happiness over land.

1.John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property.
Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration text?
A. He changd it because what people really wanted was to be equal and be happy.

2. Even though many of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence resulted from acts of Parliament, why would the founders have addressed all of them to King George III?
A. They addressed it to Kind George because he was the king, and he was a monarch so he had the most power to make or change the laws.

2. Even though many of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence resulted from acts of Parliament, why would the founders have addressed all of them to King George III?
The founders adressed their grievences because they wanted to tell what the colonies thought were unfair and thats why they wanted to become independent

3. The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people.Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
The admonitions against British people were left out of the final draft because the colonies didnt want to start anymore trouble with the royalty.

John Locke wrote about the natural rights of man including the right to life, liberty, and property. Why did Thomas Jefferson change property to the pursuit of happiness in the Declaration text?
1) Because property is somthing you own and some have more than others but everyone can have the same amount of happiness.
The original draft of the Declaration had admonitions against the British people. Why do you think that those were left out of the final version?
2) He didnt want the document to sound like they hated the british but to set freedom and rights for them.