Base your answers to questions 3,4, and 5 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen-1789 Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789 Articles: 1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. 2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible (inalienable] rights of man. These rights are liberty,property, security, and resistance to oppression. 4. 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 the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law. Source: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School (adapted) from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2011. 6. Which of the following individuals most strongly influenced the ideas in the excerpt of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen above? (1) Louis XIV (2) Montesquieu (3) John Locke (4) Thomas Hobbes 7. Which of the following states the point of view of the authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen? (1) A government should make laws to protect the natural rights of its citizen. (2) Absolute monarchy is a form of government that guarantees the rights of citizens (3) Property is a more valuable natural right than security. (4) A government should oppress its people to ensure that they are safe. 8. Identify the best use of this document for a historian. (1) To determine the actions taken by Louis XVI during his rule of France. (2) To study how Louis XVI granted natural rights to French citizens (3) To evaluate how free and equal the people of France were after the French Revolution (4) To understand the hopes of representatives in the National Assembly of France

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Base your answers to questions 3,4, and 5 on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen-1789 Approved by the National Assembly of France, August 26, 1789 Articles: 1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. 2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible (inalienable] rights of man. These rights are liberty,property, security, and resistance to oppression. 4. 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 the enjoyment of the same rights. These limits can only be determined by law. Source: The Avalon Project at Yale Law School (adapted) from the NYS Global History and Geography Regents Exam, January 2011. 6. Which of the following individuals most strongly influenced the ideas in the excerpt of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen above? (1) Louis XIV (2) Montesquieu (3) John Locke (4) Thomas Hobbes 7. Which of the following states the point of view of the authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen? (1) A government should make laws to protect the natural rights of its citizen. (2) Absolute monarchy is a form of government that guarantees the rights of citizens (3) Property is a more valuable natural right than security. (4) A government should oppress its people to ensure that they are safe. 8. Identify the best use of this document for a historian. (1) To determine the actions taken by Louis XVI during his rule of France. (2) To study how Louis XVI granted natural rights to French citizens (3) To evaluate how free and equal the people of France were after the French Revolution (4) To understand the hopes of representatives in the National Assembly of France

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6. (3) John Locke most strongly influenced the ideas in the excerpt of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen above. Locke's ideas on natural rights and the social contract heavily influenced the authors of the declaration.7. (1) A government should make laws to protect the natural rights of its citizens. This statement aligns with the point of view of the authors of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, who sought to establish a government that protected individuals' natural rights such as liberty, property, and security.8. (3) To evaluate how free and equal the people of France were after the French Revolution. This document provides insights into the aspirations and principles of the French Revolution, including the ideals of freedom, equality, and the protection of natural rights. It can be used by historians to assess the extent to which these ideals were realized in post-revolutionary France.

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