1789 ⟶ Constitutional Committee Proposes Bicameral Legislature and Royal Veto
August 31: The Constitution Committee of the Assembly propos...
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🏛️ Constitutional Committee Proposes Bicameral Legislature and Royal Veto
August 31: The Constitution Committee of the Assembly proposes a two-house parliament and a royal right of veto.⟶
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📜 National Assembly Forms Constitutional Committee
July 6: The National Assembly forms a committee of thirty members to write a new Constitution.⟶
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🏛️ Assembly Debates Royal Veto Power
August 28: The Assembly debates giving the King the power to veto legislation.⟶
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👑 National Assembly Declares King's Inviolability and Suspends Powers
July 15: National Assembly declares the king inviolable, and cannot be put on trial. Louis XVI suspended from his duties until the ratification of a new Constitution.⟶
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📜 Convention Establishes Commission to Revise Constitution
April 23: The Convention names a commission of eight members to revise the Constitution.⟶
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📜 Constitution of the Year III Established
August 22: Constitution of the Year III (Constitution de l'An III), the new Constitution, is adopted by the convention. It calls for an upper and lower house of the parliament, on the American and British models, and an executive Directory of five members. According to the terms of the Constitution, two-thirds of the deputies of the new Assembly are former deputies of the convention.⟶
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