jan 1, 1789 - Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789)
Description:
- Legal document the principles established
during the French Revolution
- Greatly influenced by principles in the
American Declaration of Independence
- Influenced by ideas of thinker Jean-Jacques
Rousseau (1712 – 1778)
- Stressed 4 main categories that right fell within
o Rights and Freedoms
o Sovereignty of Nation
o Law and Punishment
o Taxes
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