Natural Rights:
The right, freedom and privileges that are a simple part of the human nature and they cannot be taken away. They are different from the rights that the law gives people(set of principles which govern human interaction). According to the Declaration of Independence, these are rights that include 'life, liberty, and the pursuit to happiness' which are the same as in the Second Treatise of Government which was written by John Locke. It talked about the social contract which was then taken away by Jean-Jacque Rousseau.
Social Contract:
An agreement among the members of an organized society or between the governed and government defining and limiting the rights and duties of each. It could also be and agreement between individuals to cooperate for greater security, which results in the loss of some personal liberties. Jean-Jacque Rousseau wrote The Social Contract in 1743 where he strongly supported freedom and religion.
Right to Revolution:
It is a right or duty, that is stated many times throughout history, possessed by subject of a state that justifies their action to overthrow the government to whom the subjects otherwise would owe allegiance. John Locke was also the founder of this idea and he expressed in what he wrote. He was with the right to rebel and he proposed a branched government which every branch is ruled by the houses of parliaments to have specific rights.
Popular Sovereignty:
A pre-civil war that asserts the right of the people living in a newly organized territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature whether or not slavery would be accepted in the society. It was after The Social Contract of Jean-Jacque Rousseau that the people thought about it. The written part was strong enough to help them create a new society where everyone was equal(almost everyone because the africans and native americans weren't treated that way).
Right of Self Determination:
A free choice of one's own acts without external compulsion; and also the freedom of the people in a specific territory to determine the political status. It is the right of the people of a nation to decide in how and by whom they want to be governed without the influence of any country. Thomas Paine's wrote about this in the Common Sense and the American Crisis. He freely and radically wrote about how he thought of the King George at that time.
Ranking from most important:
- The Natural Rights
- Right of Self Determination
- Social Rights
- Right to Revolution
- Popular Sovereignty The ranking is based on which one for me is the most important. I chose the natural right to be the most important because it is the life, freedom and privileges of someone and they cannot be taken away. The right of self determination is also important because lets you decide who do you want to not really rule you but guide you and how do you want to be guided. Social rights is to interact with others it helps the community be united. It is the right to rebel if the government is not correct and it is also important because is is your freedom. The last one is the popular sovereignty because people didn't really respect that and there was still inequalities between them. Any way everything is important it's just that some are more than others.
