April
4 Human Rights?
the
Estates General May 1789
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Storming
of the Bastille July 1789
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key terms: human
rights, Third Estate, National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of
Man and Citizen, "second revolution", National Convention
I. the
concept of human rights
II.
pre-revolutionary precedents
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
John Locke
philosophes
declaring rights
III. Declaration of
the Rights of Man and Citizen
proclamation of
rights as basis for government?
IV.
debating citizenship
A. property
qualifications
B. religion
and occupation
C. free
blacks and slaves
D. women