MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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It was ignored in the absolute monarchy that followed.
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It was replaced by the Constitution of 1795.
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I was celebrated and more widely enforced.
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King Louis XVI made significant changes to it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The constitution in 1791 was declaring that no man had more power than the other. The constitution of 1795 was declaring that France would be divided into to two houses. It made two legislative houses. Members were chosen by electors.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main features of the French constitution of 1791 are: The feudal system was abolished and limited the powers of the king. The king came under the supervision of the government, and France became a constitutional monarchy. The nobles and the clergy were stripped – off of their privileges.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 1 October 1791, the French Legislative Assembly convened in Paris, initiating the constitutional regime that revolutionaries in 1789 had committed themselves to establish. Within a year, however, the monarchy had been overthrown, and the Constitution of 1791 had collapsed.
Detailed explanation-4: -On August 22, 1795, the National Convention, composed largely of Girondins who had survived the Reign of Terror, approved a new constitution that created France’s first bicameral legislature. Executive power would lie in the hands of a five-member Directory (Directoire) appointed by parliament.