American and French Revolution
American and French Revolution During the late 17th century two areas of the world started to make changes in the way they lived. These two areas were France and America which both had suffered from monarchs and their governments. The peasants who lived in these parts of the world were tired of the way they had spent their lives. Both nations show the power of what happens when too many people are abused for so long a time by starting a revolution that would change history. To start the revolution they drew up important documents in which their lives were to be regulated from. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen was the first step in writing a constitution for France. It announced all men were born and remain free and equal in rights. They enjoyed natural rights to "Liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression." The Americans also had a constitution called the Declaration of Independence which was very similar to France's constitution because both took their ideas from the theories of John Locke. The Declaration of Independence stated "That all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among the
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Approximate Word count = 945
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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