MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The National Assembly
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King Louis XVI
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The Clergy
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The emigres
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 17 June 1789, the Communes approved the motion made by Sieyès that declared themselves the National Assembly by a vote of 490 to 90. The Third Estate now believed themselves to be a legitimate authority equal to that of the King.
Detailed explanation-2: -The National Assembly took almost 2 years and completed the draft of the constitution in 1791.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale), which existed from 17 June 1789 to 29 September 1791, was a revolutionary assembly of the Kingdom of France formed by the representatives of the Third Estate (commoners) of the Estates-General.
Detailed explanation-4: -King Louis XVI, aware of the injustices of the French tax policy, tried to reform the tax code to make it more fair, but was repeatedly thwarted by the overrepresented nobles and clergy. This angered the Third Estate, which refused to vote in the Estates General, and formed instead the National Assembly.