This document highlighted that human rights need to be universal in order for society to be healthy. The document influenced French people in general to get involved in the revolution and to express interest in reform.
5. Calvinists and Jews were persecuted groups up until the revolution and they thus played an active role in devising the human rights agenda. "On December 21, 1789, a deputy raised the question of the status of non-Catholics under the new regime; his intervention started a long debate that quickly expanded to cover Jews, actors, and executioners, all of them excluded from various rights before 1789" (Hunt 84).
6. The idea of slavery was questioned even before the French Revolution started, as there were numerous influential individuals who denounced the institution of slavery. The French National Assembly actually held individuals who believed that black people should have rights and that slavery...
Documents such as the "Petition of Women of the Third Estate" made it possible for the world to understand that women were determined to use the Revolution to their advantage and that they wanted the authorities to acknowledge their overall importance.
8. Napoleon Bonaparte's creation of the Code Napoleon made it possible for the world to take on a series of human rights and to actually understand that it was important for society to promote these respective legislation. His involvement in reforming the French political system meant that simple individuals would have more rights to go up the social ladder and that it was actually possible for them to be appreciated on account of their work rather than based on their social status.
Works cited:
Avery Hunt, Lynn, "The french revolution and human rights: a brief documentary history," (Bedford Books of St.…
