aug 27, 1789 - National Assembly writes "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen"
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an Enlightenment and American inspired document; sovereignty resides in the people; individual rights for men; women not included (shown by Olympe de Gouges)
Olympe de Gouges (Marie Gauze): upset by the exclusion of women in this document; unsuccessfully attempts to redress this in 1791
"liberty, equality, and fraternity" becomes the slogan of the Third estate
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Chapter 28
Revolutions and National States in the Atlantic World
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