Reform Programme 1789-1792

Question 1

Legal reforms

Answer 1

16th August 1790- reorganisation of judiciary
Letters de cachet abolished
Juries
Penal code introduced- Sep 1791
March 1792- guillotine
Justice free to all
24 hrs brought before a court after arrest

Question 2

Economic reforms

Answer 2

Indirect taxes abolished: Aides+tobac- 1791, gabelle- 1790, taille, capitation etc.
Abolished tax farming
January 1791- 3 new taxes introduced (contribution mobiliere, contribution fonciere & patente)
June 1791- Le Chapelier law
Assignants
Free grain trade introduced

Question 3

Political

Answer 3

December 1789- active & passive citizens
Dec of rights of man (26th Aug 1789)
September 1789- Louis given suspensive veto
October 1789- ‘King of the French’
Departments created for local administration of the law

Question 4

Religious

Answer 4

12th July 1790- CCC –> bishops + priests elected by active citizens, paid by state, diocese redrawn (135–>83)
Oath- Nov 1790- only 7 bishops took it, only 55% parish clergy
Religious dress banned
Refractory priests deported May 1792
Tolerance to Protestants
Pluralism, absenteeism, tithes abolished

Question 5

Social

Answer 5

Dec of rights of man
Active and passive (2.7 million didn’t earn enough to become active)
Le Chapelier law
Venality and privilege abolished
Toleration to Protestants