Mr. Haskell
World History
18 November 2004
Journal November 18
The similarities between the Glorious Revolution, the Declaration of Independence and Declaration of Rights of Man are that all three are an insult on monarchy and expressed that people have liberty. All three really put the spotlight on the people and gave rights to the people because before all three came in existence the spotlight was shown on the monarch and people were basically none existent with exception of working. All three expressed that government should be for the people and protect the people rather than keeping everything for government and giving the people no voice in what goes on. They all made rulers obey law and govern in partnership with Parliament. Individually the Glorious Revolution took power from King James through the Magna Carta which eventually would turn into the Bill of Rights. The Declaration of Independence distributed power to the people and gave everyone a right which in turn made the government a little less powerful which is what all three did in the end. The Declaration of Rights of Man Basically was just the French version of the Declaration of Independence which in the end took power form the monarchy and distributed the power with the people.
The differences between the Glorious Revolution, the declaration of Independence and Declaration of Rights of man is the time period that each took place in. For example the Declaration of Independence established in 1776 and is still in place in today�s society. Another difference is that The Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Rights of Man were both written documents by people while the Glorious revolution was a period in time in which documents were produced because of that time period but it still isn�t a written document like the two other documents. Finally the last difference is where each took place. The Declaration of Independence took place and serves for the United States of America while the Declaration of Rights of Man in France and serves France today. The Glorious revolution started in France and spread around Europe and historically the ideas and documents it produced is now serving the people of today.
I believe the Glorious Revolution, Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Rights of Man all contributed to one another but in a chronological order. The Glorious Revolution in which the Magna Carta was produced led to the Bill of Rights which led to the Toleration Act of 1689 and then to the Declaration of Independence in 1776. So without the Glorious Revolution I believe the Declaration of Independence wouldn�t have happened and our world would be completely different. Without the Declaration of Independence the French wouldn�t have made their form of the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Rights of Man and without that the people in the Frances lives would be completely different. These three have the same bottom line that history has and it is a constant if-then saying. If the Glorious Revolution never happened then the Declaration of Independence wouldn�t have been mad. History is full of if-then�s and that�s what I took out of this paper besides the information and connecting the ideas but that history is a domino effect and is full of if-thens.