Multiple choice

Which of the following documents spells out Enlightenment ideas in revolutionary France?

  1. The Declaration of Independence

  2. social contract

  3. Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

  4. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
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Explanation

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted in 1789, is the quintessential document of the French Revolution that codified Enlightenment ideals such as natural rights, liberty, and equality. The Declaration of Independence is an American document, and the Social Contract is a philosophical treatise by Rousseau.

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