The bill of rights protects the three unalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence because it has certain laws stating that you must give them their freedom
Citizens should be the authors of society's laws according to Rousseau because in that way they are free and follow their own rules, created by the General Will of the people. Rousseau thought that only the Republic is acceptable as a form of government, and in it all the people are in charge of creating the law.
The direct consequence of Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia was that Russia mobilized its troups as it was in good relations with Serbia at the time (and still is today). It did this as it knew what was about to happen and that large-scale war was basically inevitable.
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It became a better country, and we have not had a huge war like that again, yet.