French Constitution of 1793

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The French Constitution of 1793 was a radical democratic charter drafted during the French Revolution that proclaimed universal male suffrage and extensive social rights but was never fully implemented.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French constitutional law ⓘ
constitution ⓘ
legal document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Year I

French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
surface form: Montagnard Constitution
associatedWith Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
Montagnards ⓘ
constitutionalForm republic ⓘ
contains French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1793
country France ⓘ
dateAdopted 1793-06-24 ⓘ
draftedBy Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
draftedDuring French Revolution ⓘ
executiveBodyName Executive Council ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered one of the most democratic constitutions of its time ⓘ
implementationStatus suspended ⓘ
influenced later socialist and democratic movements ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment political philosophy ⓘ
Rousseau's theory of popular sovereignty ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legislativeBodyName National Convention ⓘ
legislativeBodyType unicameral legislature ⓘ
neverCameIntoForce true ⓘ
politicalOrientation Jacobin Club ⓘ
surface form: Jacobin

radical democratic ⓘ
proclaimed extensive social rights ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
right to education ⓘ
right to insurrection ⓘ
right to public assistance ⓘ
right to work ⓘ
universal male suffrage ⓘ
providedFor annual elections ⓘ
direct elections ⓘ
recall of representatives ⓘ
referendums on laws ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
universal male suffrage from age 21 ⓘ
replaced French Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
statedPrinciple abolition of slavery in French colonies ⓘ
equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
national sovereignty resides in the people ⓘ
suspendedBy National Convention ⓘ
suspensionReason state of emergency during the Terror ⓘ
wasSupersededBy French Constitution of 1795 ⓘ
yearAdopted 1793 ⓘ

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French Revolution → keyDocument → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
National Convention → adopted → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of 1793
French Constitution of 1791 → followedBy → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
French Constitution of 1793 → alsoKnownAs → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montagnard Constitution
French Constitution of 1793 → alsoKnownAs → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Year I
French Constitution of 1795 → precededBy → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
French First Republic → constitutionalDocument → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
French National Convention → adopted → French Constitution of 1793 ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1793 Constitution of France