How did the Enlightenment idea of natural rights affect the United States?

Natural rights are rights people possess simply because they are human, such as life, liberty, and property. Enlightenment thinkers argued that governments should protect these rights and derive their authority from the people. American colonists used these ideas to argue that British rule violated their rights and that independence was justified, so the correct choice is “The US adopted those ideals as an argument to become independent.”

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