What did the founding fathers mean by declaring Americans the unalienable rights of life, Liberty and ?

Question

the Pursuit of Happiness

Answer 1

That as an American Citizen under no circumstance can those rights be taken away by the government.

Answer 2

They were saying that the government can't refuse the colonist life liberty and pursuit of happiness. In Britain people were colonist not citizens, so the king could take things, and force people to fight or work for the army

Answer 3

The rights referred to were inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in part. Rousseau wrote that there was a "social contract" between the ruler and the ruled, that guaranteed subjects to have certain rights "endowed" to them by God. Remember, this was during a time when monarchies ruled because of the concept of divine right.