United States Declaration of Independence

constitution. The National Assembly adopted The Declaration of the Rights of Man in 1789. The Declaration opposed the structure of the Old Regime, stating that “the aim of all political association is to preserve the natural and unalienable rights of man” (Document E).The government system at the time did not protect the citizens’ natural rights. The system favored the First and Second Estates, leaving the Third to struggle. In the new declaration, it is stressed that all people are born with…

I opened my eyes and realized that a new day had dawned upon us. I had just woken up from somewhat of a sleepless night. It was the twenty eighth day of the month of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy five. The second continental congress was convening in Philadelphia days from now and I was asked to represent Massachusetts again. Massachusetts, specifically Boston, had seen a lot of pain these last several months. British ships have been docked at the port and…

In 1789, the French Revolution began compelling France to reorganize their government, adopt a series of the Enlightenment Principles, and to recognize the rights of their citizens in passing the Declaration of Rights on behalf of the National Assembly. This revolutionary period in France saw a king lose power and eventually his life, military leader Napoléon Bonaparte’s rise and fall, and the stability of France change throughout the Revolution. Throughout all of these changes the Revolution…

Samuel Huntington became one of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence On July 4, 1776, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, which was a formal document stating the colonies independence from England. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence at the Graff House prior to presenting it to all the delegates at the 2nd Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Not all of the signers of the Declaration of independence were famous like Thomas Jefferson. There were…

this process is often a monarch. Kant states that some monarchs may be enlightened, but most do not want his subjects to be free-thinking citizens. This is where the root of the unrest during the French Revolution is rooted in. The French subjects wanted to be able to make their own decisions and to be free-thinking humans; however, the monarch set laws that made free-thinking harder. Following the ideas of the Enlightenment, the Frenchmen wrote the “Declaration of the…

women starting in the nineteenth century. Some states in the early 1800’s allowed women the right to vote, though in 1807, that right was repealed. A small number of people spoke out for women’s rights in the early 1800’s, but women’s suffrage did not…

Part B The French Revolution was the most violent and universally significant if all the similar revolutions in the West of the 18th century. The feudal regime had been weakened, which resulted in poor conditions for the peasants. Wealthy merchants and commoners, often called the bourgeoisie, wanted more political power, while peasants, who had attained a fairly good standard of living, wanted feudalism to burn out so that they could own land (since they had the capability to do that). Since…

Women in the American Revolution In American history classes, students hear about the famous men that fought in wars and those that led the country to better places. However, they rarely hear about what the women of these times had to offer. One of the most famous wars in this country was the American Revolution, in which we fought for our freedom from Britain. This was also a time where women were able to step up and do some of the same jobs as men could, and many of them became famous for…

Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston in what was then known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father, English-born soap and candle maker Josiah Franklin, had seven children with first wife, Anne Child, and 10 more with second wife, Abiah Folger. Ben was his 15th child and youngest son. Ben learned to read at an early age, and despite his success at the Boston Latin School, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time in his cash-strapped father’s candle and…

Rebellions are seen throughout the course of human history as a way to protest something a group of people believes a government or ruler has done wrong (Merriam). They occur in almost every country all over the world and can be used to protest a variety of issues. Without rebellions the chances of changes in the problem are unlikely. When the government or a ruler is acting in a way that is harmful to the people, rebellions became a useful and necessary tactic to help to convince the other…