Men . . . are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Read this excerpt from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

The aim of all political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of man. These rights are liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression.

Which theme is similar in both documents?

a desire for equality
a desire to cut taxes
a desire to form a new country
a desire for an end to social classes

The theme that is similar in both documents is a desire for equality.