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The "Left" side of the assembly was usually reinforced by the less privileged classes in France."Right" was supported by the rich.
Ancient Greece did not have a government of assembly. It was comprised of over 2,000 independent city-states which each had its own form of government. These forms varied from monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, limited democracy and radical democracy. In a limited democracy, the citizens voted for issues put before them by the council. In a radical democracy, the assembly decided what was to be considered and decided on the outcome, which was implemented by the council. Anyone seeking to influence the assembly had to do it by effective oratory. Unfortunately good orators could sway them to unwise decisions, often with catastrophic results.
In the year 1792, while the revolution in France was going on, Austria and Prussia had signed a declaration promising not to harm France's king Louis XVI. However, the people of France, who were against Louis were hostile toward their old Austrian enemies. They also despised Austria's king, Leopold II, Mary-Antoinette's brother and Holy Roman Emperor. The National Assembly declared war on Leopold which could easily have been avoided, and Fredrich William II, king of Prussia declared war on France, to help their ally.
It started as a kingdom; became an oligarchy where the upper class council ruled, which was replaced by a limited democracy like Sparta, where property owners belonged to the ruling assembly; and then a radical democracy where all male citizens met in assembly to direct government. When this failed, it went back to a limited democracy.
The National Assembly viewed the Paris Commune as a threat to their authority and feared its radical reforms and independence. They saw the Commune's actions as a challenge to the established order and sought to suppress it.
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The limited democracy of Cleisthenes 507 BCE had an assembly of landowners where they could address the assembly. During the radical democracy period, only the citizens had the right to speak in assembly.
The revolutionaries stormed the palace at Tuileries and took King Louis XVI captive, after which a new Legislative Assembly declared a suspension of the monarchy.
There was a division in the French Legislative Assembly between two groups: a moderate group who wanted a constitutional monarchy and a more radical group that wanted more democratic measures. The more moderate group was mostly wealthy, though not necessarily noble -- many members of the bourgeoisie favored a constitutional monarchy.
The "Left" side of the assembly was usually reinforced by the less privileged classes in France."Right" was supported by the rich.
The revolutionaries stormed the palace at Tuileries and took King Louis XVI captive, after which a new Legislative Assembly declared a suspension of the monarchy.
The council of 500, the assembly, and the courts. They did not have the senate! Source was Wikipedia :)
Initially a limited democracy like Sparta and others in which the landowners large and small comprised the assembly, then developed into a radical democracy where an assembly of the (adult male) citizens met in assembly each fortnight and gave directions which the council implemented.
They developed it from a limited democracy of landowners to an assembly ofall the male citizens - we call this a radical democracy. The assembly of the people met fortnightly and the council put problems before them to decide on. The council carried out the assembly's decisions and administered the state between meetings.
It became a radical democracy where the adult male citizens met in assembly fortnightly and dissected political affairs. Their decision was carried out by a council of 500, which carried out day-to-day business between meetings, and presented business to the assembly.
Around the time of the French Revolution, the National Assembly was divided into radical revolutionaries and reactionary nobility. The revolutionary left was on the left side of where the king sat. The nobles sat on the right of the king.