We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed."
- from the declaration of independence
this passage most accurately reflects the democratic ideals taken from

John Locke

Explanation:

His Second Treatise Concerning Civil Government almost directly reflects these ideas. He uses the phrase "life, liberty, and property" which is very similar to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Locke was a pioneer of the Enlightenment era in Western history (1715-1789) and his ideas greatly influenced Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and thus the Revolution as a whole

answer; ///the correct answer is,by introducing a merit system of nobility.

was a long, primarily nonviolent series of events to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all americans. the era has had a lasting impact on united states society, in its tactics, the increased social and legal acceptance of civil rights, and in its exposure of the prevalence and cost of racism. in the south violence and fraud in southern elections from 1868 to 1876, which had reduced black voter turnout and enabled southern white democrats to regain power in state legislatures across the south