Question

how did france become a constitutional monarchy?

Answer 1

France became a constitutional monarchy after the National Assembly completed the draft of the constitution in 1791 with the objective of reducing the powers of the monarch. Some changes are as follows:

1)Powers were separated and assigned to different institutions like the legislature, executive and judiciary

2)The power to make laws was vested with the indirectly elected National Assembly

3)A group of electors, who were voted by the citizens, chose the assembly.

4)Men who paid taxes equivalent to 3 days of labor’s wage was entitled to participate in the election process

5)However, one demerit of the process was that women were not allowed to participate in the voting 

Answer 2

• On 3 September 1791 , the National Constituent Assembly forced king Louis XVI to accepted the French Constitution of 1791 , thus turning the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy .
• After the 10 August 1792 Storming of the Tuileries Palace , the Legislative Assembly on 11 August 1792 suspended this constitutional monarchy .
• [1] The freshly elected National Convention abolished the monarchy on 21 September 1792 , ending 203 years of consecutive Bourbon rule over France .
• The National Assembly , under the leadership of Abbe Sieyes and Mirabeau , had resolved to draft a Constitution for France which would effectively limit the powers of the monarch .
• These powers , instead of being concentrated in the hands of one person , were now separated and assigned to different political institutions - the legislature , executive and judiciary .
• The monarchy was retained , but the king did not enjoy absolute power and authority , as he did in the days of pre-revolution France .
• Therefore , through the new Constitution , the leadership of the Third Estate transformed France into a constitutional monarchy .

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