males over the age of 25 who paid taxes equivalent to three days' work a year were active citizens with the right to vote (though they could only elect electors from among richer citizens, who then voted for representatives in the National Assembly. The rest - poorer people, criminals deprived of voting rights, and of course women - were passive citizens.
New France
25 June 1791
Legislative assembly is the legislature of France. This started in October 1st 1791.
The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights, that is, the first eight or the first ten Amendments, depending on your perspective, was ratified by 1791. Thus it was the U.S. Congress.
No, the country of Colombia didn't declare its independence until 1809. France, however, adopted a constitution in 1791
Louis XVI.
Louis XVI
beheaded
New France
constitution of 1791
The Female Citizen, (The Declaration of the Rights of the Woman and the Female Citizen to give the full title) was written by activist, feminist and playwright Olympe De Gouges in 1791.
Written by Olympe De Gouges, 1791
The blowtorch was invented in France, January 7, 1791
It was adopted in France in 1791.
The main object of the Constitution of 1791 was to limit the powers of the monarch. The powers were now separated and assigned to different institutions- the legislature, executive and judiciary. This made France a constitutional monarchy. The Constitution of 1791 vested the power to make laws in the National Assembly, which was indirectly elected. The citizens voted for a group of electors, who in turn chose the Assembly. The Constitution began with a Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
The consitution of 1791 set up a limited monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy that had France for centuries
The consitution of 1791 set up a limited monarchy in place of the absolute monarchy that had France for centuries