Declaration Of Independence Research Paper

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Preston Yang Dr. Brekke History 10 29 April 2024.

Within the historical evolution of societies, significant changes have occurred, shedding light on the evolving human perception of freedom and the methods employed to wrest it from unjust tyrants. From the 16th to the 19th centuries, various documents chronicle humanity's revolutionary journey. For instance, the Dutch Act of Abjuration and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen in Europe, along with the American Declaration of Independence, share common themes of resistance against oppression and the assertion of fundamental rights. While they all pursued the same goal of overcoming oppression and obtaining deserved rights, they diverged in their underlying philosophies, ranging from religious freedom to challenging social
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The Declaration of Independence declared and highlighted that they wanted to obtain the rights that every man was given, stating that “All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. As this illustrates, the American Declaration of Independence values that the unalienable rights of man are that they are created equal and that they must be allowed three values: Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. The French Declaration illustrates their idea that man is given their unalienable rights, suggesting that “Men are born and remain free and equal in rights”, they also go in-depth to their idea as they fully state “Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else; hence the exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society of the enjoyment of the same rights”. The Declaration of the Rights of Man further expresses the main point of their revolt being that they want to improve their social hierarchy to where