National Assembly

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The National Assembly was the revolutionary French representative body that emerged in 1789 and played a central role in dismantling the Ancien Régime and shaping the early stages of the French Revolution.

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National Assembly canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
legislative assembly ⓘ
revolutionary representative body ⓘ
abolished feudal dues ⓘ
many privileges of the nobility ⓘ
tithes ⓘ
adopted Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
adoptionDate 26 August 1789 ⓘ
aim to draft a constitution for France ⓘ
to represent the French nation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Assemblée nationale ⓘ
National Constituent Assembly ⓘ
composition deputies of the Third Estate ⓘ
some deputies of the clergy ⓘ
some deputies of the nobility ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
created French départements ⓘ
dissolved 30 September 1791 ⓘ
drafted Constitution of 1791 ⓘ
enacted Civil Constitution of the Clergy ⓘ
established constitutional monarchy in France ⓘ
followedBy Legislative Assembly (France, 1791–1792) ⓘ
headOfStateDuring Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to: Louis XVI of France
historicalPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
inception 17 June 1789 ⓘ
keyFigure Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès ⓘ
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau ⓘ
Jean-Sylvain Bailly ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
legalForm unicameral legislature ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf France ⓘ
limited powers of the French monarchy ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
metAt Salle du Manège ⓘ
Versailles ⓘ
numberOfMembers approximately 1,200 deputies at inception ⓘ
partOf early phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
pointInTime 1790 ⓘ
20 June 1789 ⓘ
politicalAlignment revolutionary ⓘ
precededBy Estates-General of 1789 ⓘ
reformed French administrative divisions ⓘ
replaced traditional Estates system of the Ancien Régime ⓘ
roleIn French Revolution ⓘ
significance central role in dismantling the Ancien Régime ⓘ
significantAchievement Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ
abolition of feudal privileges ⓘ
significantEvent Tennis Court Oath ⓘ

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