The French Declaration talks about some of the governing laws that needed to be established. An example of one of these items is “6. Law is the expression of the general will. Every citizen has the right to participate personally, or through his representative, in his foundation". The government built by the National Assembly believed that every man was innocent until proven guilty. The Declaration of Independence states points that speak to the creation of legal equity. The colonists were not given freedom from England and believed they could escape by leaving, but unfortunately the king did not give up and banned many services from reaching the colonies and still tried to impose laws. The settlers asked several times for a solution. The committee that created the declaration believed that the colonies should be free and independent of the English. The colonists believed that the colonies could accomplish everything that an independent state could