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 National Convention adopted French Constitution of 1793
this entity surface form: 1793 Constitution of France
National Convention adopted French Constitution of 1793
this entity surface form: 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 First Republic constitutionalDocument French Constitution of 1793
French Constitution of 1791 followedBy French Constitution of 1793
French Revolution keyDocument French Constitution of 1793
French Constitution of 1795 precededBy French Constitution of 1793