Which French Revolution document outlined the natural rights of all people and the rights of citizens?

• A. Magna Carta
• B. Declaration of the Rights of Man
• C. Declaration of Independence
• D. Constitution of 1791

Answer: (B)

Natural rights and the rights of citizens are central here. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, produced during the French Revolution in 1789, states that people are born free and equal in rights and that certain rights belong to every person—liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. It also establishes civil rights for citizens, like freedom of speech and religion and due process, and it frames government as standing to protect these rights, with authority derived from the people. This combination of universal rights and specific citizen protections is what makes it the best match for the description in the question.

The Magna Carta focuses on limiting the king’s power and protecting the privileges of the nobility, not universal rights for all people. The Declaration of Independence, while sharing the idea of natural rights, is an American document, not French. The Constitution of 1791 outlines the structure of government and political rights rather than presenting the universal rights framework that the French document did.