On the 29th of June, 1776 the Virginia Convention of Delegates
adopted The Virginia Declaration of Rights. The Declaration stated
that 'all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have
certain inherent rights … namely, the enjoyment of life and
liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and
pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety'. Its assertion of the
natural rights of men influenced United States Declaration of
Independence, and the French Revolution's 1789 Declaration of the
Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
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