Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

made worthy contributions to the development of the Declaration of the Rights of Man, most notably from Jean Rousseau’s writings of The Social Contract. The Declaration of Rights of Man was an influential document of the French Revolution because its articles advocated the termination of aristocratic privileges, granting birth-given rights to all men and the king no longer had absolute rule over the nation, in which the law protected its citizens. The Enlightenment period gave rise to…

As stated within the Preamble to the Declaration of the Rights of Man, created in the August of 1789 by the Constituent Assembly, society needed to “set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of man, [...] in order that the grievances of the citizens, based hereafter upon simple and incontestable principles, shall tend to the maintenance of the constitution and redound to the…

Although the modern human rights system was officially established with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948, the concept and discourse of rights have a much longer history of conception and contestation. Yet despite advances in recognizing the rights of some, there were always other humans who were excluded. Sometimes such exclusion from rights was explicit and intended; other times it was just taken for granted as the natural order of society and civilization. In…

revolutions started for financial reasons and had the same goals in mind, but the details of the revolutions differ. However, both revolutions were greatly influenced by the Enlightenment, particularly the idea that emerged of everyone having natural rights that the government needs to respect. As the French Revolution was inspired by the American Revolution, it is easy to determine that the two must have similarities. The first similarity between the two revolutions are their origins. Both…

monarchy and replace it with a system where all citizens have a political voice. Also, reformation between the church and the state allowed for religious freedom, and marriage through the government. Free speech was emphasized in the early stages in order to prevent corruption in government and values. Privileges based on birth were decreased with the notion that a common man should have the ability to rise up in their ranks. The Declaration of the Rights of Man stated that all men were born…

entitled “The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” Shortly after this document was written, Olympe de Gouges wrote a document entitled “The Declaration of the Rights of women.” She wrote this because she thought that the revolution wasn't revolutionary until women received rights of their own. Both of these declarations were written with a similar purpose and that is to give all people equal and fair rights as citizens. One of the main goals of the Declaration of the Rights of Man…

In the recent survey conducted by the national archives, the Declaration of Independence topped all others to emerge as the “most influential document in American history”’. “The” Declaration is the symbol of the independence from Great Britain that Americans celebrate on the 4th of July and also a statement of our nation's main beliefs about government and its relationship to the people. The Declaration of Independence first came to life in July 4th, 1776 by the help of 33-years-old Thomas…

Enlightenment period who believed that the citizens have certain rights that cannot be taken away. These rights include life, liberty, and protection of one’s property. He believed that the people should have the right to choose the government, who protects these rights. In America, the colonies were being ruled by Great Britain and were forced to abide by any laws that they had set into motion for them. Thomas Jefferson took Locke’s ideas and made his own rights, that include, life, liberty,…

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and the Bill of Rights are extremely similar in purpose and audience. Each document is directed towards the citizenry of the respective country, and both seek to provide the common people with specific expectations and guarantees of the manner in which they must be treated by the law and government. These two documents are effectively the same. Despite the slightly different ideals that each advance, each is focused on creating guarantees…

Every citizen may accordingly, speak, write, and print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law,” (The Declaration of the Rights of man and of the Citizen 164) respectfully. There are two big ideas that are seen here which are freedom of religion and freedom of speech. These rights can have been seen as a big turn away from political tradition because people won’t…