Similarities Between The Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Citizen

The Enlightenment was a time were salons were held and people thought of was to overthrow their government. This time period had many important people, Enlightenment Thinkers, such as John Locke and Voltaire. They came up with many ideas, such as all people are created equal and people had reason. These ideas are the foundation for two documents with many similarities and differences. The two documents are the Declaration of Independence, which the colonists in North America wrote to the king of England, and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, which the French people wrote to the French king. The Declaration of Independence has four main points. The first of which is all men are created equal. Next, all men have some rights given to them by God. Finally, the people should have a say in the government, and the right to overthrow the government if it was not what the people wanted. It was made as a letter to the king of England to “declare their independence”. It has worked of well for the U.S. and is still used today. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen has a lot 14 main points. Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights. Every political association is focused on the preservation of rights which are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. No one person, no individual …show more content…
However only one was successful in overthrowing their king. The Declaration of Independence was written first and it was successful because the colonies were an ocean away from the king and the rest of England. Also, the colonists had a home court advantage, they knew the land. The French Revolution and Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was not a success because the French people were right outside the gates of the palace and standing in front of the army, and Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen did not do well in keeping one long person from rising to