A. They sold the land to pay off debt.
B. They divided the land amongst the peasants.
C. They used the land to compensate nobles who lost land.
D. They redistributed the land equally amongst the people
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A. They sold the land to pay off debt. B. They divided the land amongst the peasants. C. They used the land to compensate nobles who lost land. D. They redistributed the land equally amongst the people
The National Assembly seized and held the lands of the church.
In November 1789, The National Assembly nationalized Church lands (ten percent of France's available land), claiming that it was retrieving land that belonged to the nation which the Church had been holding in trust.
The National Assembly lost the backing of a number of French peasants because it took land as well as independence from the Catholic Church. The assembly lasted from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789.
peasants would be allowed to own their farm land.
The National Assembly was formed by the representatives of the Third Estate of the Estates General. After the French Revolution the National Assembly became known as the National Constituent Assembly.
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The national assembly decided to reform the status of the church, the peasants were very religious and did not want to lose their religion.
The National Assembly took the vast landholdings of the French nobility and sold them off. Nobles also lost their privileges such as the hunt on their land, seigneurial justice, and funeral honors.
The National Assembly began to draft a Constitution, placed churches under state control, sold church land, and ordered that church officials had to be elected.
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