The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is the founding statement of the French Revolution. The National Assembly adopted it on 26 August 1789, a few weeks after the fall of the Bastille, as a preface to the constitution it intended to write.
The National Constituent Assembly of France · CatalogThe National Constituent Assembly of FranceThe National Constituent Assembly of France · CatalogThe Declaration was adopted on 26 August 1789 by France's National Constituent Assembly, the body formed from the Estates-General at the start of the French Revolution.Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
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