Ryan Velarde

Period 4

11-17-05

Comparing and Contrasting Journal

England’s Glorious Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen all have checks and balances. All 3 things were either a cabinet or on their way to a cabinet as well as a democracy. Also, cruel and unusual punishments, excessive fines, and excessive bail were abolished. All 3 happened because people were unhappy with the way their countries were run and unhappy with their government. More rights were given to the people and they had more freedom. Every person was born with natural rights which could not be taken away. All 3 were in favor of the people.

All 3 also have differences. The Glorious Revolution still let there be a monarchy in Britain, but it was a limited Monarchy. The governments of the United States and France were not a monarchy. They people of Britain still had freedom and natural rights, but not as many as the people of the Unites States. Right away the people of the U.S. could vote and choose their governments while Britain was still a monarchy. In the U.S. if the government is not doing a good job or they are not protecting people’s natural rights, the people of the United States have the right to overthrow the government. The people of Britain had many rights, but the people of the United States were the best off compared to France and Britain.

England’s Glorious Revolution happened first and that had an affect on the Declaration of Independence, which had an affect on the Declaration of the rights of man and the citizen. The stuff such as rights that came out of the Glorious Revolution of England went into the United States Constitution. The United States Constitution has many of the same things that Britain has they are just altered a little bit to be as good as possible. The American Revolution, which was the cause of the Declaration of Independence, happened to get away from Britain. The Declaration of the Rights of man and the Citizen happened because of the U.S. Constitution. The French Declaration is almost identical to the United States Constitution. The French saw how affective and good the U.S. Constitution was so the French decided to make one of their own. Since the U.S. Constitution is similar to that of Britain’s, the French’s is as well.