EMERGENCE OF USA
HOW DID THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION INFLUENCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
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Declaration of Sentiments
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Declaration of French Independence
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Declaration of Citizen and Rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -Declaration of the Rights of Man [August 26, 1789]: Notes for UPSC. France’s National Constituent Assembly declared the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen on August 26th 1789. The Declaration was drafted by the Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette, in consultation with Thomas Jefferson.
Detailed explanation-2: -Inspired by the American Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the spirit of the Enlightenment, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 marked the beginning of a new political era.
Detailed explanation-3: -Source C The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen 1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. 2. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and inalienable rights of man; these are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Declaration was originally drafted by the Marquis de Lafayette, but the majority of the final draft came from the Abbé Sieyès.