French revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) is a defining document of the French Revolution that abolished feudalism and proclaimed universal individual liberty, property rights, and legal equality. Influenced by Enlightenment ideas, it shifted political sovereignty from the absolute monarchy to the nation itself, serving as a blueprint for modern democratic rights.
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