USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

What charter, passed by the National Assembly, officially destroyed the inequality of the monarchy’s rule?

A	The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
B	Constitution of 1791
C	Tennis Court Oath
D	Declaration of Independence

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -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-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: -On 26 August 1789, the French National Constituent Assembly issued the Déclaration des droits de l’homme et du citoyen (Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen) which defined individual and collective rights at the time of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Revolutionary France, the Legislative Assembly votes to abolish the monarchy and establish the First Republic.

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