USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Declaration of the Rights of Man guaranteed all of the following EXCEPT?
A
freedom of speech
B
freedom of the press
C
freedom of religion
D
equal rights for women
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In its preamble and its 17 articles, it sets out the “natural and inalienable” rights, which are freedom, ownership, security, resistance to oppression; it recognizes equality before the law and the justice system, and affirms the principle of separation of powers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gender equality was not, associated with the document declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The constitution of 1791 began with declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.

Detailed explanation-3: -Modeled on the 1789 document known as the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the [Male] Citizen (Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen), Gouges’s manifesto asserted that women are equal to men in society and, as such, entitled to the same citizenship rights.

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

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