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Which text was adopted during the French Revolution?

An official question of the French civic exam, with its answer and the official text that proves it, in French and English.

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Quel texte a été adopté pendant la Révolution française ?

Which text was adopted during the French Revolution?

Answer. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, in 1789.

La Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen, en 1789.

The French Revolution begins in 1789. That same year, the National Assembly adopts the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, which ends the privileges of the Ancien Regime.

The official text that proves it

« Adoptée le 26 août 1789, la Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen marque une rupture avec l'Ancien Régime et fixe les objectifs et le programme de la Révolution française »

Adopted on August 26, 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen marks a break with the Ancien Regime and sets the goals and program of the French Revolution

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