WORLD HISTORY

FRENCH REVOLUTION

FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON

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This excerpt is most likely from which of the following documents? “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinction may be based only on common utility ____ The goal of every political association is the preservation of the natural and inalienable rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression ____ The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man; every citizen may thus speak, write and publish freely ____ “
A
Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
B
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen
C
Reflections on the Revolution in France
D
The Napoleonic Code
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen came into existence in the summer of 1789, born of an idea of the Constituent Assembly, which was formed by the assembly of the Estates General to draft a new Constitution, and precede it with a declaration of principles.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was thus heavily influenced by documents such as the American Declaration of Independence and American Constitution, and by Enlightenment ideals that explored the political relationship between individuals and the collective as detailed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Detailed explanation-3: -Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. 2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

Detailed explanation-4: -Among these fundamental natural rights, Locke said, are “life, liberty, and property.” Locke believed that the most basic human law of nature is the preservation of mankind.

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