1. The American Declaration of Independence and the French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen replaced the control of the autocrat with the sovereignty of the people as the source of national power and legitimacy.
2. Before you read this article, based on the title and subject matter, what five questions do you want to be able to answer once you have read the article?
3. After reading the article, what is the author's main reason for writing it?
What is / are the most important fact(s) or information in the article?