Explain the achievement of national assembly
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The original National Assembly survived for less than a month. It was created on June 13, 1789, and was reconstituted on July 9, 1789, as The National Constituent Assembly. The Assembly was made up of revolutionary members of the Third Estate (the common people), a number of nobles, and many members of the clergy.
The National Assembly succeeded in the abolition of feudalism, serfdom, and class privileges. It set out to end inequality, which was believed to be the root cause of the trouble. Through the work of the Assembly, the special privileges of classes, cities, and provinces were done away with.
Another achievement of the National Assembly was the Declaration of the Rights of Man on 27 August 1789. This document embodied the essential elements of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy and incorporated some of the provisions of the constitutional laws of England and the US. It became the platform of the French Revolution and influenced political thinking during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The French based their approach on universal principles and through their declaration made themselves the mouthpiece of all humanity. The Declaration "was drawn up not for France alone, but for the benefit of men everywhere who wanted to be free and to rid themselves of comparable burdens of absolutist monarchy and feudal privileges."