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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 1789 The extension and limitation of rights and liberties (personal, civic, economic, and political); majority and minority political persecutions The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen defined the rights of French individuals of all estates to be universal and became valid at all times. It extended the limitation of rights and liberties by establishing fundamental rights for French citizens and all men without exception. This Declaration offered working men basic liberties that they were denied before and made sure that the lower working class was no longer oppressed and controlled by the government. It offered equal rights to the majority as well as to the minority. Thus, all citizens became equal in the eyes of the law through this declaration.

McKay, John P. __History of Western society__. 7th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003.