Whose ideas inspired Tomas Jefferson as he drafted the American Declaration of Independence

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Bernard Middleton

25 April, 14:19

Whose ideas inspired Tomas Jefferson as he drafted the American Declaration of Independence

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Gilbert Raymond · Answer 1

For writing the draft of the American Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson found inspiration in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, in state and local calls for independence, and in a draft of a Virgina constitution he had prepared himself.