Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen According to the declaration what natural rights do people possess? How is this list different from that in the American Declaration of Independence?

They made a checks and balance system to equal power within the branches. the "check" meant that one branch would watch one branch and "balance" them if they were too powerful. if you want more info on this, i would just google checks and balance system.

He droped it over the bridge into the river