Question

The excerpt below is Article 6 of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man," the document that founded the French Republic on August 26, 1789. Use this excerpt below to answer the following question:

Law is the expression of the general will. Every citizen has a right to participate personally, or through his representative, in its foundation. It must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes. All citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, are equally eligible to all dignities and to all public positions and occupations, according to their abilities, and without distinction except that their virtues and talents.


Which Enlightenment idea does the article express?

The church held too much influence in the french

there are a small number of basic forms of government

government should express the will of the whole people

individual rights are more important than group rights

Answer 1

I'll be glad to check your answer.

Answer 2

government should express the will of the whole people?

Answer 3

I agree.

Answer 4

The whole paragraph is about individual rights. It is not about tyranny of the majority,

Answer 5

How was France's Ancien Régime challenged by Enlightenment philosophies?

The monarchy and nobility increased their status and prestige.

King Louis XVI began challenging the power of the Catholic Church.

----> Lower- and middle-class citizens became more insistent on gaining equal rights. <----

Thinkers such as John Locke and Thomas Hobbes personally led French rebellions

Answer 6

what attitude would french revolutionaries take toward the men on the steps?

A.the men should be respected
B.the men should carry more of the burden
C.the men are helpless and should be taken care of
D.the men are divine and should be worshiped

Answer 7

Agree about discontented citizens in France.

steps?

Answer 8

Use the biblical quotations below to answer the following question:

5 He set the earth on its foundations;
it can never be moved.—Psalm 104:5

5 The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.—Ecclesiastes 1:5


Based on the Biblical quotations above, why was the Catholic Church so opposed to the idea of heliocentrism?

because accepting heliocentrism implied that the Bible was inaccurate since the Bible seems to support geocentrism

because heliocentrism was discussed in Ecclesiastes, which was a book in the Apocrypha

because the Old Testament referred to geocentrism and was considered most "authentic"

because the doctrine of geocentrism was espoused by Jesus, according to quotations from the New Testament

Answer 9

The way I read it:

because accepting heliocentrism implied that the Bible was inaccurate since the Bible seems to support geocentrism

Answer 10

because the Old Testament referred to geocentrism and was considered most "authentic"