French+Revolution+-++Declaration+of+the+Rights+of+Man+and+Citizen

media type="custom" key="2959647"Brandon Austin- bmaustin2@msn.com( google username is the same thing) Chris Anderson- united1213@aim.com Ryan Barrett- rpbranger23@yahoo.com -11rbarrett The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, which was influenced by the U.S. Declaration of Independence(1776), was passed on August 26, 1789 by the National Assembly. It was written by Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson and signed by French King Louis XVI. The Assembly believed the rights of man were being ignored and neglected. They believed the rights of man were natural, unalienable and sacred. Some of those rights were freedom of religion, speech, and press. The declaration was a summary of the ideals and principles of the French Revolution. It also justified the destruction of a government based upon absolutism and privelege. It laid out a new vision of government in which natural rights replaced the will of the King as the justification for authority. It would become the preamble to the Constitution in 1791. The ideas of the Declaration were influenced by the Enlightenment. They were heavily influenced by John Locke's Second Treatise of Government. However, it doesn't address the status of women and slavery. The declaration is valid at all times and in all places. It helped with the transition of France from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy. The basic principle was that "all men are born and remain free and equal in rights. It guaranteed liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression, to all citizens. The declaration also stated that all men are innocent until proven guilty. The declaration addressed the social contract, established by John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau. It also stressed the importance of individualism in French society. This is now the basis of law in the republic of France.

There are seventeen points to the Declaration of Man and Citizen. They state the laws and what the government is held responsable to uphold. They say that men are created equal and that they have have rights of liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. No one person may excercise authority which is not agreed by the nation. Laws may only prohibit actions that are hurtful to society, nothing may be prohibited unless it is under law. Every citizen is allowed to participate in the government no matter what position. No citizen shall be incarcerated unless they have violated the law. All citizens are innocent until proven guilty. No citizen shall be silenced based on his or her beliefs or opinions. All cictizens are able to speak, write, print their idea but will be held responsible for this right. Military forces are for the protection of society not for the personell gain of some. Contribution to public forces and the administration shall be equally distributed to the citizens in proportion of their means. Every citizen has the right to decide the contribution to the governtment in the form of taxes. No one shall be deprived of being alloted property unless needed by the public or thet the owner was not previously been "equitably indemnified".

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was a document established by the National Constituent Assembly at the beginninng of the French Revolution. This document lays the groundwork for the issues of equality, freedom of speech, and taxation. However it did not address the concerns of women or the institution of slavery. Ita is now fundamental to the Republic of France. It was adopted on August 26, 1789 and it became the fundamental statement around which the entire French Revolution would revolve. It borrowed ideas from the Declaration of Independence. It could be considered the constitution of France. Some problems may include: The rights addressed in this document are only meant or male citizens. Made little provisions for the freedom of religion.

King Louis XVI

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