While jefferson borrowed john locke's ideas, he changed locke's definition of the rights of men from "life liberty and property" to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness". how do you think jeffersons rewording of locke's words has affected american life?

He rephrased it because pursuit of happiness is a much broader term that can incorporate property ownership or it may not, depending on what you considered to make you happy. Pursuit of happiness is something that all people want and property is not something that everyone wants.