Declaration of the Rights of man and the Citizen1791 Show
The representatives of the French people, organized in a National Assembly, considering that ignorance, forgetfulness or contempt of the rights of man are the sole causes of public miseries and the corruption of governments, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable and sacred rights of man, so that this declaration, being ever-present to all the members of the social body, may unceasingly remind them of their rights and duties; in order that the acts of the legislative power and those of the executive power may at each moment be compared with the aim of every political institution and thereby may be more respected; and in order that the demands of the citizens, grounded henceforth upon simple and incontestable principles, may always take the direction of maintaining the constitution and welfare of all. In consequence, the National Assembly recognizes and declares, in the presence and under the auspices of the Supreme Being, the following rights of man and citizen: Article:
Note - This text is a translation from the French. The French version comes from the original edition of the Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen, which is part of the Constitution of 3 September 1791. (Collection des décrets de l'Assemblée nationale constituante, rédigée, suivant l'ordre des matières, par M. Arnoult, membre de cette Assemblée, Dijon, Imprimerie de P. Causse, 1792, Tome premier, pages 299-302). Who adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man?Its 17 articles, adopted between August 20 and August 26, 1789, by France's National Assembly, served as the preamble to the Constitution of 1791.
When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?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.
Which of the following rights was granted in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen?These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.
What did the adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man do?The Declaration served as an affirmation of the core principles of the French Revolution, such as the statement that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights."
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