Question

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen _____.

Answer 1

The correct answers are options #2 and 3.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was a French document in which male citizens established what natural rights they have. This was very similar to the American Declaration of Independence, which was made 13 years before the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

Within this document, the French established that men are born equal and free, that people should be employed based on their skill set, and the ability to do what they want so long as they do not hurt others (like practice their own religion).

This was one of several documents during the late 1800's that established rights that all citizens should have within a country.

Answer 2

Answers:

• declared freedom of speech, press, and religion
• was modeled after the US Declaration of Independence
• was signed by Louis XVI

Details:

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen is a fundamental document of the French Revolution, which was written by Abbé Sieyès and the Marquis de Lafayette.  Abbé Sieyès was a prominent clergyman in France who supported the rights of the common people.  The Marquis de Lafayette was a member of the nobility who had fought in America's war for independence against Britain. Their document was written in consultation with Thomas Jefferson of the United States, who had drafted the Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen was approved by the National Assembly of France on August 26, 1789, in the early months of the French Revolution.  King  Louis XVI approved the text on October 5, 1789, pushed much to do so by the Marquis de Lafayette, and with little choice at that time but to go along with changes that were happening due to the Revolution.

The French Revolution was not about women's rights.  Some women spoke out in attempts to gain equal rights to men, such as  Olympe de Gouges, who wrote A Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), but her perspective was not heeded at that time.  In fact, she was executed by guillotine during the Reign of Terror in 1793 because she was considered an opponent of the Revolutionary government.