USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which document stated that “men are born and remain free and equal in rights”?
A
Holy Alliance
B
Declaration of the Rights of Man
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Napoleonic Code
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"The Declaration of the Rights of the Man and of the Citizen” says that men are born and remain free and equal in rights. It was a document signed on 26 August 1789 in the aftermath of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first article of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen proclaims that “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights.

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: -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-5: -In Article 3 states “All men are equal by nature and before the law". As such, for the authors of this declaration equality is not only before the law but it is also a natural right, that is to say, a fact of nature.

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