Which document asserts states' equality and freedom?

• A. Levee en masse
• B. Tennis Court Oath
• C. Declaration of Rights of Man
• D. Reign of Terror

Answer: (C)

The idea being tested is how a formal document can declare that all citizens are equal before the law and endowed with certain freedoms, setting limits on government power. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789) does exactly that: it proclaims that all men are born free and equal in rights and outlines fundamental liberties such as liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression, along with due process. This makes it the best fit for asserting both equality and freedom within the state, shaping how government must operate with the consent of the governed.

The other options describe important revolutionary moments or actions but not a charter of rights: Levee en masse was a mass mobilization policy, the Tennis Court Oath was a pledge to pursue a constitutional framework, and the Reign of Terror was a period of political violence. None of these function as a formal document that enshrines equality and personal freedoms in the way the Declaration does.