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Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen 1789

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http://marxists.org/history/france/revolution/rights-man.htm

The full text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen written by the Marquis de Lafayette with help from Thomas Jefferson. The document acted as the manifesto of the early stage of

the French Revolution and anticipated a stable constitutional state which would succeed the absolute monarchy of Louis XVI.

Date created: 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
License: 
Public Domain/Out of Copyright
Attribution for this resource:
Public Domain/Out of Copyright.
Subjects: 
French history
Keywords: 
French Revolution, Eighteenth Century, Political history, European history, History