French+Revolution

[|Declaration of the Rights of Man & of the Citizen (1789)] The Declaration of the Rights of Man was approved on August 26, 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly of France. It was proposed by Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Laffyette. The declaration was heavily influenced by the political philosophy of Enlightenment and does not refer to a religion but the natural rights which is the idea that "men are born and remain free and equal in rights." People wanted the government to recognize and secure their natural rights to property, liberty and life. The declaration is very similar to the United States of America's Declaration of independence. The National Assembly believed that this declaration would stop the corrupted government and establish a new system that would be fair to all.