Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

On August second, 1776, fifty-six men signed a piece of paper that would change the course of the nation’s history; The Declaration of Independence. One of the most famous signatures on the Declaration of Independence is the one belonging to John Hancock, as it was more predominant than the others, as it was larger and so drew the eyes of the population as the threat of war loomed over the colonies. Those who courageously signed the document were knowingly putting their lives and the lives of…

possessions. Marx would critique Locke heavily on private property because Locke had a more optimistic approach when it came to liberty and property because he believed that when a man put in labor, he had the right to own that property since the land was a god given right…

For the slaves in Saint-Domingue, the most important result of the Haitian Revolution was becoming free citizens due to the slave uprising and the ideas and consequences of the French Revolution. Before the revolution took place, slaves had little to no rights. They were considered property, they had to work everyday, and their living conditions were horrible, causing the majority of them to die young. These inequalities fed a will to be free in the enslaved residents of Haiti. The majority of…

presented to the French National Assembly in November that same year. This was a petition proposing that the assembly grant women equality during the French Revolution. In the petition they addressed the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen where they noted how it literally only addressed the rights of men and it made it so “the poor villager is no longer obliged to grovel before the proud seigneur of his parish; the unfortunate vassal can halt in his tracks the impetuous boar that…

Safety which caused terror throughout France, and stated “Terror is nothing but prompt, severe, inflexible justice; it is therefore an emanation of virtue”(Document 7). Robespierre went against enlightenment ideals, such as Beccaria’s, by convicting citizen without evidence and prosecuting them without a trial. Robespierre soon went against Rousseau's idea that everyone was equal, because Robespierre clearly saw himself as being above the law. The Committee of Public Safety was given powers…

of the nation and the American Empire can be debated based on one’s own circumstances. Race, wealth, and social standing contributed to how much access one had to the “American dream”. The 13 colonies and the “New World” were based on inalienable rights and self-government. These immigrants created the United States of America in 1776 by declaring independence from Great Britain. The colonization of these territories, the beginning of the American Empire, must be viewed from both the…

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights could potentially be the single most important document created during the twentieth century. Although Mrs. Roosevelt and several other people played a significant role in its creation, this essential document was established by the key beliefs and ideas flowing from a number of significant diplomats all over the globe. While the influences of the Age of Enlightenment are visible even in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the events of the 1930's…

The founders of the Declaration of Independence sought to create a government that would be formed from the ideas and concepts that they had encountered through their various readings and studies. John Locke and Thomas Hobbes are by far the most influential thinkers of the Constitution and continue to affect American thought even today. Many of John Locke’s ideas directly correlate with those included in the Declaration of Independence yet they are reworded to suit the needs of the new…

their times. Their works both studied the transition from the state from the state of nature to government rule. But both disagreed on the method for that transition and what kind of government was best for the citizen and sustainability of the state. Thomas Hobbes wrote that the life of man was to be “poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” Hobbes viewed Natural Law as impossible without the state. That men could not know what is their’s or not because laws are the will of the ruler at the time,…

Tristan Utech Mr. Westlund U.S. History 10/10/15 Comparative Essay of the “Declaration of Independence” and “Common Sense” Two documents quite essential to the founding of America may actually have much more in common than just being a tool for action. The two documents addressed are “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine and “The Declaration of Independence” written by Thomas Jefferson. These two documents hold the keys to American ideals and ideas. Freedom, liberty, consent, duty, and all other…