The Declaration of The Rights of Man

Title: The Declaration of The Rights of Man
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The Declaration of The Rights of Man

There are many reasons why the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was said to come into existence. John C. Cairns theory says, “Still others interpret its strong emphasis on individual rights as an expression of the Calvinistic doctrine of freedom of conscience” (22). What Cairns is saying in his quote is that the document may have come into existence because of people’s widespread and very optimistic views (Cairns 23-24). If this …showed first 75 words of 344 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 344 total…few years before the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was created, France must have only waited that short time period, between the time which both documents were created, to create there own Independence document. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was an important document in France’s history for many reasons. Bibliography Griffith, Paddy. The Art of War of Revolutionary France 1789-1802. New York: Stockpole Books, 1998.

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