Question

Write a note on the National Assembly formed during the course of the French Revolution.

Answer 1

1. The National Assembly comprised moderate liberals, who wanted a constitution on the model of England and America.
2. Their leader was Mirabeau. The Assembly was controlled by the middle classes.
3. There was no representation of the peasants and the common masses.
4. This National Assembly abolished serfdom, feudal privileges, including exempting nobles and clergy from taxation, even titles, and feudal courts.
5. The Assembly then passed a Declaration of the Rights of the Man and the Citizen.