The second part of the Declaration mentions all of the following basic rights EXEPT Persuit of happiness, life, property, or liberty.

Correct answer is PROPERTY.

Explanation:

While writing Declaration Jefferson used the ideas created by John Locke and added one that was his own, and that is pursuit of happiness.

In the Declaration itself it is written " 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 Happiness."

As we can see from the text the term property isn't mentioned in the Declaration.

a) the colonists began to see themselves as different from people in britain.