THE DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN
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Adopted on the
26th of August, 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man was a
document created in the midst of the French Revolution as a first step and an
attempt to rally against the abusive French monarchy at that time. The
declaration contained 17 articles, each stating the rights and privileges of
the citizens of France, both active and passive. Women’s rights were also
appealed to, and slavery was to be abolished. The declaration’s words were inspired
by the philosophies of Enlightened Thinkers Jean- Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu
and John Locke, who believed in the rights and capabilities of man. Jerome Champion de Cice of the sixth bureau
was the man who led the drafting of the first article. France struggled with the different opposing ideas within its people, and individual rights and
thoughts were seen by some as anarchy. The opposition used democracy against
the tyrannical upperclassmen. As a result, it ended in the French monarchy
being converted into a republic. This led other countries to be republics, too.
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