1789 ⟶ National Assembly Creates Departments
December 9: The Assembly decides to divide France into depar...
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🗺️ National Assembly Creates Departments
December 9: The Assembly decides to divide France into departments, in place of the former provinces of France.⟶
French RevolutionAdministrative ReformDepartmentsNational AssemblyDecentralizationTerritorial OrganizationFrancePolitical Restructuring
🏛️ Third Estate Declares National Assembly
June 17: On the proposal of Sieyès, the deputies of the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly. To ensure popular support, they decree that taxes need only be paid while the Assembly is in session.⟶
French RevolutionNational AssemblyThird EstateSieyèsRepresentationTaxationPolitical ReformEstates-General
🤝 Nobles Join the National Assembly
June 25: 48 nobles, headed by Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, join the Assembly.⟶
French RevolutionNational AssemblyNobilityAristocracyPolitical AlignmentSocial ChangeEstates-GeneralLouis Philippe IIDuke of Orleans
🏛️ National Assembly Transforms into National Constituent Assembly
July 9: The National Assembly reconstitutes itself as the National Constituent Assembly.⟶
National AssemblyConstituent AssemblyFrench RevolutionPolitical ReformConstitutionDeclaration of the Rights of ManParliamentLegislative BodyThird Estate
📜 National Assembly Limits King's War Powers
May 22: The Assembly decides that it alone can decide issues of war and peace, but that the war cannot be declared without the proposition and sanction by the King.⟶
National AssemblyWar PowersKing's AuthorityLegislative BranchSeparation of PowersConstitutional MonarchyFrench RevolutionDeclaration of WarDecision-Making
