What other documents did the Declaration of Independence influence?
Thomas Jefferson (the author of the declaration of the Independence) also wrote a version of it for the French during the French Revolution. Our version was “Life, Liberty, and Property (The Pursuit of Happiness)” but the French version was “Life, Liberty, and Fraternity” (Fraternity means “brotherhood”). Call it a revolutionary document but also recognize that the British common law system which predates it was also very revolutionary. When Japan surrendered at the end of WWII, General MacArthur was appointed to be in charge of restructuring Japanese government and society. MacArthur rewrote the entirety of the Japanese Constitution modeling it in part on the US version and US declaration of independence as well as modeling it upon various other European systems. Our declaration is an often sought after goal for aspiring countries but try not to think of it in an egotistical outlook because as said before… ours is not original, it “borrowed” (or stole if you prefer) from tons of oth
