Rights & Enlightened Revolution
Rights and Revolution
FIRST: Review the following primary sources and respond to ONE of the questions below.
SECOND: After you have posted your response, please comment on the post of one your classmates.
- Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789): https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof.aspLinks to an external site.
- Declaration of the Rights of Woman (1791): https://revolution.chnm.org/d/293Links to an external site.
- Declaration of Independence (1776): https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/declare.aspLinks to an external site.
- Declaration of Sentiments (1848): https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/senecafalls.aspLinks to an external site.
- What do these declarations reveal about the distribution of power in the societies in which they were produced? Choose one or several to discuss. ~OR~
- How might one or more of these declarations either uphold or reject established religious principles or facets of society that are supported by religion? ~OR~
- Describe how one or more of these declarations might reflect or contradict Enlightenment ideals.