National Constituent Assembly

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The National Constituent Assembly was the revolutionary French representative body (1789–1791) that abolished feudal privileges and drafted France’s first written constitution.

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instanceOf French legislative assembly
revolutionary representative body
abolishedInstitution corporate privileges of provinces and cities
nobility’s feudal dues
tithes owed to the Church
alsoKnownAs National Assembly of France
surface form: Assemblée nationale constituante

Legislative Assembly (France)
surface form: French National Constituent Assembly
country France
dateDissolved 1791-09-30
dateFormed 1789-07-09
economicPolicy confiscation of Church lands
endTime 1791
followedBy Legislative Assembly
formedFrom Estates-General of 1789
surface form: National Assembly (1789)
headOfStateDuring Louis XVI of France
historicalPeriod The Age of Revolution
surface form: Age of Revolution
introducedPrinciple equality before the law
national sovereignty
popular representation
separation of powers
issuedDecree August Decrees of 1789
jurisdiction metropolitan France
keyDocumentProduced French Constitution of 1791
surface form: Constitution of 1791

French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
languageOfProceedings French
legalForm unicameral legislature
legislativeBodyFor Kingdom of France
location Paris
mainTask drafting the first written constitution of France
metInBuilding Salle du Manège
notableMember Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès
Marquis de Lafayette
surface form: Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
Jean-Sylvain Bailly
Maximilien Robespierre
politicalContext early phase of the French Revolution
precededBy Estates-General of 1789
religiousPolicy Civil Constitution of the Clergy
replaced feudal system in France
significantAchievement French Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
surface form: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

abolition of feudal privileges in France
significantEvent French Revolution
socialEstateRepresentation Third Estate
clergy
nobility
startTime 1789
typeOfGovernmentEstablished constitutional monarchy
votingSystem indirect elections based on property qualifications

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this entity surface form: National Constituent Assembly of France
French Constitution of 1791 draftedBy National Constituent Assembly
National Assembly at Epidaurus legalForm National Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Constituent assembly
Civil Constitution of the Clergy legislativeBody National Constituent Assembly
French Revolution legislativeBody National Constituent Assembly
French Second Republic legislature National Constituent Assembly
this entity surface form: Constituent Assembly
Alexandre de Beauharnais memberOf National Constituent Assembly
Antoine Barnave memberOf National Constituent Assembly
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau memberOf National Constituent Assembly
Legislative Assembly precededBy National Constituent Assembly
Legislative Assembly (France) precededBy National Constituent Assembly
Flight to Varennes relatedTo National Constituent Assembly
Legislative Assembly (France) replaced National Constituent Assembly
Estates-General of 1789 transitionedInto National Constituent Assembly