Name
Directions: After reading both the American Declaration of Independence and French Declaration of the Rights
of Man, fill in this Venn Diagram with similarities and differences that you noticed.
Declaration of
Independence
Declaration of
the Rights of Man
1. What is the purpose of each of these documents?
2. Which aspects of the Enlightenment are reflected in these two documents?
3. How does the Declaration of the Rights of Man define liberty? Do you agree or disagree
with this definition?
4. Using this definition, are Americans denied their liberty in any sense today?