What made the American "Declaration of Independence" document - and later the French counterpart of the "Declaration of the Rights of Man" - so radically influential in
the late 18th century?
1. It was the first time a group of subjects challenged the absolute authority of a king and
ultimately obtained their independence. The French case also echoed that challenge against
established rule of absolute monarchy.
2. It constituted the first instance where propaganda was used to rally the people behind a cause
for change. These documents were pamphlets that were circulated among the populace, but
nothing more after the revolution.
3. It was a popular call for support of the status quo in the form of absolute monarchy - through
King George III in England and King Louis XIV in France. The people sought to reinforce their
monarchs' powers in order to protect their country from foreign invasion.

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earlier philosophers whose work influenced the enlightenment included bacon, descartes, locke, and spinoza. the major figures of the enlightenment included beccaria, diderot, hume, kant, montesquieu, rousseau, adam smith, and voltaire. it spread the ideas of the enlightenment across europe and beyond.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.

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