USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Read the following excerpt from the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen.The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.Based on the excerpt, which TWO rights or freedoms were the people of France entitled to after the revolution?
A
press
B
petition
C
armament
D
association
E
speech
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. 3. The principle of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body nor individual may exercise any authority which does not proceed directly from the nation.

Detailed explanation-2: -The basic principle of the Declaration was that all “men are born and remain free and equal in rights” (Article 1), which were specified as the rights of liberty, private property, the inviolability of the person, and resistance to oppression (Article 2).

Detailed explanation-3: -Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be based only on considerations of the common good. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of Man. These rights are Liberty, Property, Safety and Resistance to Oppression.

Detailed explanation-4: -These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.

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