The National Assemblies Actions

Question 1

Why did they reduce church

Answer 1

Attack on church power Bcos it was unessecary and even clergymen agreed with this like abbé Sieyès
Also church was rich and France needed money

Question 2

Religious reforms of August 1789-1790 that were prosperous

Answer 2

ALL church property nationalised
Full citizenship granted to protestants in December 1789 but not Jews until mostly September 1791 altho a couple had been granted it in January
All religious orders dissolved unless they could prove they were contributing to community e.g. Providing for poor or sick

Question 3

Date of the civil constitution of clergy

Answer 3

1790 12th July

Question 4

What about church abolished

Answer 4

Pluralism

Question 5

What happened on the 12th July 1790

Answer 5

The civil constitution of clergy

Question 6

Civil constitution of clergy stipulated

Answer 6

Bishops and priests to be elected so that french citizens had control over their spiritual as well as political leaders

Question 7

The civil constitution effectively made the church

Answer 7

Subservient to the state

Question 8

But what was U democratic about the decision regarding civil constitution of clergy

Answer 8

Church wanted o have a National Synod but couldn’t as they said synods were abolished

Question 9

Louis civil constitution

Answer 9

In December 1790

Forced to accept

Question 10

Of 160 bishops, how many swore the oath

Answer 10

7/160

Question 11

When pope shspended those who took the oath what did the assembly do

Answer 11

Declared all refractory priests counter-revolutionaries and their income was stopped and forbidden from using religious building and from May 1792 they cld be deported

Question 12

What did the assmebly decide on in terms of constitution

Answer 12

A constitutional monarchy

Question 13

October 1789 king renamed

Answer 13

Called ‘King of the French’ not king of France to show his power emanated from the people not divine right

Question 14

Kings income reduced by how much

Answer 14

From approx 45 million livres to 25 million livres

Question 15

How regular wld election be

Answer 15

One every two years

Question 16

But who cld vote

Answer 16

Only active citizens ( males over 25 who paid direct taxes spoke french and had lived in one place for a year)

Question 17

Who couldn’t vote

Answer 17

Passive citizens only received civil rights not a vote

Question 18

Assembly geographical stufflocation

Answer 18

November 1789 83 départements created each with a commune as local government and it wld have a council of 36
This promoted decentralisation which wld prevent monarchical absolutism

Question 19

What did Assembly start issueint to help economy and when

Answer 19

December 1789

Assistants

Question 20

But did assignats really help

Answer 20

Excessive printing caused inflation and rather than solving problems it just staved them off

Question 21

Despite Aug decrees what did deputies try to retain

Answer 21

Old taxes

Question 22

Examples of taxes the National Assembly didn’t get rid of

Answer 22

The salt tax (Gabelle) wasn’t abolished till march 1790

Municipal tolls and Tabacco tax survived till 1791

Question 23

What one off thing did the National Assembly order

Answer 23

Ordered a one off patriotic contribution of 25% of income paid over two years by all those whose income exceeded 400 livres
But this didn’t rlly help / make up for lost tax

Question 24

What did the National Assembly plan to put into action in 1791

Answer 24

A land tax
Poll or property tax
Limited tax on commercial activity
But this didn’t rlly alleviate tax just made them different assessed

Question 25

NA stuff that boosted entrepreneurial activity

Answer 25

Internal tariffs disappeared

Emergence of new land owning bourgeoise helped agriculture and new landowners sought ways of farming more profitably

Question 26

Did tolls at city gates disappearing actually make a difference

Answer 26

No as there was no corresponding drop in the price of food in urban centres as merchants sought to maximise profits

Question 27

No called master or mistress instead

Answer 27

Citoyen

Question 28

Good societal changes

Answer 28

Individual rights and liberties were more protected in law than ever before. Public education no venality meant more chances
New court system = fairer
More religious toleration

Question 29

But less societal change under NA

Answer 29

Divisions of gender, wealth and office rapidly replaced those based on birth
Active over passive
Workers forbidden from conducting strikes or even forming trade unions

Question 30

Who did NA make winners

Answer 30

Bourgeoise