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The declaration of the rights of man and citizen was passed by the national constituent assembly in august 1789.
Us declaration of the rights of man. Constitution in 1789 the same summer that the declaration of the rights of man and citizen was written. It was a constitutional document that guaranteed the rights of all individual frenchmen. Déclaration des droits de l homme et du citoyen de 1789 set by france s national constituent assembly in 1789 is a human civil rights document from the french revolution. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen written in august 1789 is a central document of the french revolution and fundamental to the history of both civil and human rights.
The marquis de lafayette a veteran of the american. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen french. It was strongly influenced by america s declaration of independence written by thomas jefferson. The representatives of the french people formed into a national assembly considering that ignorance neglect or scorn of the rights of man to be the only causes of national misfortunes and the corruption of governments have resolved to set out in a solemn declaration the natural unalienable and sacred rights of man.
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. It was published in two parts in march 1791 and february. It was added to the u s. Approved by the national assembly of france august 26 1789.
It was a concise expression of enlightenment values and ideas embraced by most political clubs and factions. 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. The united states declaration of independence written in 1776 by thomas jefferson and the french declaration of the rights of man and the citizen written in 1789 by marquis de lafayette are similar documents in comparison.