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In the general states the nobility and the clergy wanted to vote by estate,which gave the mojority to the privileged, the members of the third estate defended the vote for person, which gave them majority
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The deputies of the third estate were constituted in the National Assembly, they met in the Ball game Hall where they swore to remain together until a constitution was drafted
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The constituent assembly carries out the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen, the abolition of feudalism and the constitution of 1791
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The price of bread increased and there were rumors that the king was massing troops in Paris, and citizens protested and stormed the Bastilla was the former political prison of Louis XVI and symbol of absolutism.
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In September 1791 the Constitution was approved, a legislative text recognized; the political regime was the parliamentary monarchy, the division of powers, the Assembly would be elected by census suffrage.
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Scared that the Revolution could spread to their countries, Austria and Prussia declared war on France in April 1792.
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The Legislative Assembly was replaced by a republican government (National Convention).
The Convention included the groups; Girondins who are the representatives of the upper bourgeoisie and the Jacobins who are the representatives of the middle bourgeoisie. -
In 1795, the Constitution of the year III was drawn up, which recognized national sovereignty and the separation of powers.
Napoleon Bonaparte (he was a prestigious military man) became the arbiter of politics, until in 1799 the gentry decided to put an end to the system through a coup.