Barbour and Wright suggest that Jefferson probably changed Locke’s language about government protection of “life, liberty, and property” to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” in the Declaration of Independence because Jefferson ______.
was trying to appeal to readers who might not have much property to protect
did not want to entangle the Declaration in the sticky question of slavery
was desperate to attract support from European monarchs who had grudges against Britain
did not wish to encourage future revolutionary movements against the United States
