Chapter+5

Who is going to write a transition to this chapter? It can occur during the title page Does no one have the Declaration of the Rights of Man? Richie Who is explaining the division of the country into departments? Richie//**
 * //Group Question:

The Reforms of 1789-1791 Another one of the major revolutionary reforms was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. On July 12, 1790, the National Assembly passed the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, a constitution that subordinated the Roman Catholic Church of France to the powerful French government. At this time, the French government was very close to bankruptcy so the officials were hoping that this new constitution would help the situation. The Roman Catholic Church in France had many large land holdings so it was inevitable that the government would confiscate these to help decrease their debt. Under the Civil constitution of the Clergy, 83 bishops were put into place, each in charge of one department. This is a much smaller number than the previous 135 bishops that were previously in France. Second, priests and bishops were now locally elected. All electors had to sign a loyalty oath but there was no requirement that these electors be Catholics. This becomes an ironic situation because now other Christian groups and even Jews could elect the Catholic priests and bishops. Third, the pope’s authority over the clergy was drastically reduced. Abbé Sieyès, author of //What is the Third Estate?//, helped with the presentation of the Constitution before the National Assembly. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy led to a disagreement between the clergy who swore the new required oath and thos who refused to do so. Passed in September 1971, the Constitution of 1791 was the first written constitution of France. The Constitution was originally drafted by the National Assembly. In their constitution, the assembly called for a constitutional monarchy instead of giving all of the power to the king. The next question brought up was how much power the king should hold in this new system. The king no longer had the power to make or veto laws. King Lois XVI did accept and sign the Constitution even though it dramastically limited his powers as king. The constitution put a new legislative assembly in place to make and pass new laws. Also, it was established in the constitution that only male tax payers had the right to vote and that only property owners were allowed to hold a position in office. Since many male citizens were therefore inclined to pay taxes if they wanted to excercise their right to vote. The proces off electing these new officials leads to the formation of the broad political spectrum made up of revolutionaries, liberals, moderates, conservatives, and reactionaries. **Chloe**

Why could only prpoerty owners hold office? The constituiton didn't lead to the political sprectrum. The election that was held did. Who were on the left? Who were on the right? //** The National Assembly met between 1789 though 1792. It was called a "constituante", the purpose of it was to create a constitution for the monarchy. The main reforms were to abolish the privleges of the nobility and make all the citizens equal, by doing this they declared the Human Rights. They also suppressed all the old provinces and the creation of departments, each was to have an elected president. The assembly also nationalized all church properties. The assembly then created bank notes that were also called "asignats." In addition to everything the national assembly secualrized the civil services which included civil marriage, divorce and the civil constituion. And finally their last reform was to seperate the power between the legislative elected assembly and the executive power which consisted of Kinds and ministers. They legitamally eliminated all the power that the nobility and clergy had. Therefore eliminating the Romantic Catholic Church's priveleges. **Katie**
 * //Question To Chloe:
 * The National Assembly **

On August 4th, the National Assembly released decrees that released peasants and farmers from their feudal contracts. Initially the Assembly was held and began with one motion that was designed to remove __certain__ feudal rights but by the conclusion the whole of feudalism and all of its priveleges were removed, including all of its thithes and venal offices. Now the newly opened offices were opened to the most talented citizens as opposed to the wealthiest or the citizens with more power. Also many motions were passed to conceal centuries of old rights, it took six months to formulate all these decisions into a working decree. **Katie**
 * __Law of August 4th__**

What is "a constituante"? What is "the Human Rights"? Are you talking about the Declaration of the Rights of Man? Kat did the church property in her part.//** **//Why were the assignats created? They used the church land that was seized to give them value. This needs to be clearer. I don't know if the nobles and the clergy would call what they did "legitamate." Why was the Law of August 4th passed? What part did the Great Fear play in its passage? "Conceal centuries of old rights"?//**
 * //Question For Katie

//**Question to The Group: **// //**How are you going to conclude this chapter? Can you get a video of a teacher summarizing the main reform of the moderate phase of the revolution? Come up with questions you could ask that when answered summed up the moderate reforms of the revolution. **//

The Declaration of the Rights of Man was adopted in late August of 1789 by the National Constituent Assembly. It was the first step toward writing a constitution for France during the French Revolution. It was prepared by the Marquis de Lafayette. It defines the set of individual and collective rights for all the estates, which was influenced by the doctrine of natural rights. It also placed the principles of popular sovereignty, which was a contrast to the divine right theory that was originally in place. This eliminated all the special rights that were in place for nobility and clergy. This document played an important role because it helped turn France from a constitutional monarchy to a constitutional monarchy. The Declaration was heavily influenced by the Enlightenment Age. France soon became a republic because of this and these laws are now in the Frances present-day constitution. Some other reforms that took place were the separation of provinces. They increased the provinces to greater than 83. They also replaced from a regional tariff to a national tariff to make sure the whole country stays united during this time of revolution. (Richie)

Richie:

If I run this through turn it in .com what are the chances of it passing? This doesn't sound like a high school sophomore. Specifically what were the most revolutionary rights discussed in the declaration? Which ones would the conservatives oppose the most?

They got rid of the provinces and replaced them with departments. Why? What was the reason??? Do you have a map of this? It is online.

Mr. Stewart