what was national assembly and what was its functions during late 18th century in france
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On June 17, emboldened by the joining of some of the nobility and the clergy, the Third Estate declared itself the National Assembly of France
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the National Assembly formed without the king's permission, the Assembly considered itself to be acting in the king's interests and originally they declared all their laws subject to royal approval. Among the laws the Assembly enacted in these first days were acts claiming the prior taxation laws to be illegal and making promises to institute new, fairer legislation, though in order to pay French debt they kept the old tax laws in place until something better could be devised.
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The National Assembly was infact the Estates General that was renamed as National Assembly after the French Revolution (1789). It was the body of elected representatives of people. It was legislative body that even formed constitutional monarchy with Louis Phillippe at its head in 1830s. It played a major role during year of 1848. The year of 1848 was the year of pauperism. There was a large scale lack of food. Also there was huge unemployment. At some places there were more seekers of job than employees. Then barricades were erected and Louis Phillippe was forced to flee. Earlier only property owning men had the right to vote before 1848. But now the National Assembly declared France a Republic and granted suffrage to all the men above the age of 21 years. It also gave people the right to employment. The National Assembly set up National workshops to provide employment to the people.