Question

Read the following excerpt from the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Citizen.

The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man. Every citizen may, accordingly, speak, write, print with freedom, but shall be responsible for such abuses of this freedom as shall be defined by law.

Based on the excerpt, which two rights or freedoms were the people of France entitled to after the revolution?


press

petition

armament

association

speech

Answer 1

• Press
• Speech

Step-by-step explanation:

The declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed freedom of speech and expression to be a natural right.

In the Old regime all written material and cultural activities like books, magazines, newspapers, plays could be published only after they had been approved by the Censors of the King.

Freedom of press also meant that opposing views of about any event could be expressed. Now the different ideas could be expressed through the print media.