Human Rights During the French and American Revolution
During the French and American Revolutions some humans were treated very poorly and others not so poorly. The Americans treated their people with respect and dignity where as the French treated their people almost like they were property, they were charged more for certain items as well as being forced out of their homes. John Locke once said “government is morally obliged to serve people, namely by protecting life, liberty, and property” (Powell). He believed that this was exactly what the American government was doing to protect their people. For the French things were very different, before the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen people were treated poorly there was unfair taxation on many goods and services, but the French Revolution began to change all of these ideas on how to treat people, “The French Revolution deposed and executed a reigning monarch, questioned the very basis of the divine right of kings, and most importantly addressed the issues of individual freedom and human rights, specifically religious freedom, slavery, and women’s rights” (Hunt). The Americans valued the rights of their people more than the French during the French and American Revolutions. A human right is defined as “an alienable right belonging equally and by nature to all …show more content…
The French were forced to pay higher taxes and were kicked out of their homes where as the Americans we treated fairly. The constitution was put into place so that no matter what the Americans would always be treated equally and so that the government could not hold all of the power. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was created shortly about the constitution and it was put in place so that French would be guaranteed their rights without being harmed. The Americans were treated with more respect than the French during the American and French
During the French and American Revolutions some humans were treated very poorly and others not so poorly. The Americans treated their people with respect and dignity where as the French treated their people almost like they were property, they were charged more for certain items as well as being forced out of their homes. John Locke once said “government is morally obliged to serve people, namely by protecting life, liberty, and property” (Powell). He believed that this was exactly what the American government was doing to protect their people. For the French things were very different, before the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen people were treated poorly there was unfair taxation on many goods and services, but the French Revolution began to change all of these ideas on how to treat people, “The French Revolution deposed and executed a reigning monarch, questioned the very basis of the divine right of kings, and most importantly addressed the issues of individual freedom and human rights, specifically religious freedom, slavery, and women’s rights” (Hunt). The Americans valued the rights of their people more than the French during the French and American Revolutions. A human right is defined as “an alienable right belonging equally and by nature to all …show more content…
The French were forced to pay higher taxes and were kicked out of their homes where as the Americans we treated fairly. The constitution was put into place so that no matter what the Americans would always be treated equally and so that the government could not hold all of the power. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was created shortly about the constitution and it was put in place so that French would be guaranteed their rights without being harmed. The Americans were treated with more respect than the French during the American and French