Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are called natural rights because
a. all people are entitled to these rights by their nature as human beings.
b. they were first cited in Emerson’s essay Nature.
c. John Locke coined the term.
d. evidence of these rights is found in nature.
e. the American founders believed these rights were second nature to British citizens.
ANS: A
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