HIEU 202 Primary Source Activity - Two Declarations solutions complete answers
1. Primary Source Activity: Revolutionary Documents
Version A
When writing the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, the National Assembly the American Declaration of Independence, which they saw as .
Which statement best illustrates the influence of the American Revolution on the French Revolution?
Which statement from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen echoes the principles invoked in the following passage from the American Declaration of Independence: “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.”
Version B
In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the seminal American document, the . He drew much of his inspiration from the political theories of the English thinker John Locke, borrowing heavily from Locke’s language in claiming that at all men had certain .
Which Statement does not refer to the Declaration of Independence’s argument that human beings have an inherent right to declare their independence from a tyrannical government and replace it with another?
Which statement from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen echoes the principles invoked in the following passage from the American Declaration of Independence: “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”
Version C
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was adopted by , and it borrowed heavily from the United States’ Declaration of Independence and the .
The American influence on the French Revolution continued beyond the Declaration of Independence. Which statement from the American Declaration of Independence bears a strong resemblance to the following statement from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: “The nation is essentially the source of all sovereignty; nor can any individual, or any body of men, be entitled to nay authority which is not expressly derived from it”?
Which statement from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen echoes the principles invoked in the following passage from the American Declaration of Independence: “That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organization its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
