
Part one deals mostly with edmund burke s attack on the french revolution in his work reflections on the revolution in france.
Declaration of the rights of man summarized. It was published in two parts in march 1791 and february. Rights of man by thomas paine is both a response to a criticism of the french revolution and a discussion of governing principles that explain why a constitutional republic is the best possible. Summary of articles of declaration of the rights of man and citizen. On august 26th 1789 the national assembly adopted the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen.
Get a line by line breakdown of this section of the text to be sure you re picking up what declaration of the rights of man and citizen is putting down. A free easy to understand summary of declaration of the rights of man and citizen that covers all of the key plot points in the document. The declaration was written by marquis de lafeyette a french military officer who fought in the american revolution and was inspired by the ideals of liberty expressed by thomas jefferson in the declaration of independence. Rights of man 1791 a book by thomas paine including 31 articles posits that popular political revolution is permissible when a government does not safeguard the natural rights of its people using these points as a base it defends the french revolution against edmund burke s attack in reflections on the revolution in france 1790.
On august 26 1789 the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen was adopted by the french national assembly which also was known as the constituent assembly owing to its self appointed task of framing a constitution for the french nation. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french. The declaration was drafted by the abbé sieyès and the marquis de lafayette in consultation with thomas jefferson. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen was.
The declaration of the rights of man of 1793 was the first version to include the article noting the rights of equality liberty security property the 1793 declaration of the rights of man also made out specific articles for education term limits for government officials and for the maintenance of the poor.