1. The Declaration of Independence and France
The American and French governments both chose to follow Locke's teachings in their declarations; America in The Declaration of Independence and France with The Declaration of the Rights of Man. ... Both the French and American declarations portray the tyranny of their current government: one by the monarchy of the British King; the other, an Oligarchy class structure. ... In America's case a British monarchy hundreds of miles away enforced a dictatorship and the French, by the First and Second estate system which consisted of less than 1% of society but held the power in the governm...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate