Article 1. Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good.
Article 2. The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible [inalienable] rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.
Source: French National Assembly, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789
Article 1. Woman is born free and remains equal to man in rights. Social distinctions can only be founded on common utility.
Article 2. The purpose of any political association is the conservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of Woman and Man: these rights are liberty, property, security, and especially resistance to oppression.
Source: Olympe de Gouges, Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, 1791
5. Based on these passages, which action would most likely be supported by Olympe de Gouges?
(1) executing the king so that a queen could
reign
(2) restricting access to education by gender
(3) ending the enslavement of Africans
(4) allowing women to serve in the
legislature