Throughout the Declaration of Independence, in which Jefferson emphatically declared America's independence from Great Britain., Jefferson , indirectly, alludes to Locke several times through intertextualities (Mancia, Class, 9/30/15). For example, Jefferson infamously declared that “all men are created equal” and as such, they all enjoy “certain unalienable rights, which include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This is impeccably similar to Locke's claim to natural rights in the Second Treatise, except that Jefferson leaves out "property" and replaces it with "the pursuit of happiness." PWH, 664). Furthermore, like Locke, Jefferson believes that government is created simply to protect the rights of its people and that if the government fails to protect these rights and abuses its powers, the people have the right to abolish the government and form a new government. they see fit. Furthermore, there also appear to be parallels between Locke's Second Treatise, Jefferson's Declaration, and the French Declaration, in that all three documents express the idea of ​​"consent of the governed" (RM&C Declaration, p. .91; Jefferson, p...