Legislative Assembly (France)

The Legislative Assembly ( Assemblée nationale French legislature) was the successor of the Constituent National Assembly, from 1 October 1791 to 21 September 1792 first as a legislative working Parliament of France.

The term " Legislative Assembly " is explained by the distinction of " National Constituent Assembly " ( Constituent Assembly ), which had worked out the underlying constitution of September 3, 1791, the first of the French Revolution, the revolutionary France transformed from an absolutist to a constitutional monarchy, which, however, only about a year stock had - already 1792, the French Republic was proclaimed and a national convention used (see also Chronology of the French Revolution ). The members of the National Constituent Assembly were no longer permitted for election to the Legislative Assembly.

The electoral system ( census suffrage ) was also determined in the first revolution constitution of 1791. Consequently, only allowed to select Active Citizens: French men over 25 years, their tax revenue equal to the equivalent of at least three working days (2-5 livres ). The number of eligible French comprised just over 4 million, with a total population of about 20-25 million people. These 4 million voters chose 50,000 electors, the one owned by 100-400 working days have at least had. These electors voted 745 deputies to the Legislative Assembly. The legislature should be two years according to the constitution. The king could not dissolve this Parliament.

The composition of the Legislative Assembly was: about 136 Jacobins (radical and moderate " Girondins " ), about 345 Independent " constitutionalists ", about 264 Liberals and noble citizens, so-called " Feuillants ".

The Legislative Assembly met first in the Archbishop's Palace in Paris, then in the hall of Manège next to the Palais des Tuileries, the two neighboring convents of the Capuchins and the Feuillants were involved. The Assembly remained until its dissolution on 21 September 1792 in these premises. During the Tuileriensturms on August 10, 1792, the French royal family had to flee from the neighboring Tuileries Palace and look at the assembly protection. Your successor institution, the National Convention moved to the Tuileries on May 9, 1793.