list and explain the successful achievement of national assembly from 1789 to 1791
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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."
The National Assembly set up a consistent system of administration all over the country. The old provinces, governments, intendancies, pays d’etat, pays d’election, parliaments and bailliages were all abolished, and the country was redivided into 83 departments. These departments were equal in size and population and were named after natural features such as rivers or mountains. The departments were each further divided into cantons and communes.
HOMEWORK HELP > FRENCH REVOLUTION, THE
What were the achievements of the 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."
The National Assembly set up a consistent system of administration all over the country. The old provinces, governments, intendancies, pays d’etat, pays d’election, parliaments and bailliages were all abolished, and the country was redivided into 83 departments. These departments were equal in size and population and were named after natural features such as rivers or mountains. The departments were each further divided into cantons and communes.
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The successful achievements of the national assembly from 1789 to 1791 were as follows :—
- One of the most successful achievements of the nation assembly was the adoption of the declaration of the rights of man and citizen which upheld the quality of all before law, eligibility for of all for public offices, freedom from rest on punishment without a proven cause and right to freedom of speech and expression.
- It also laid emphasis that the burden of taxation must be borne by all without any distinction and so nobles and classy were denied special privileges.
- A new constitution was formed providing a constitutional monarchy where are the powers of the monarch unlimited and the legislative powers are given to the national assembly.
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