Question

What was convention describe it role in france

Answer 1

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a. In France, we witnessed that the Revolutionary government came into being in 1789-91 with National Assembly which gave France its new constitution limiting the powers of the monarchy and the Church.

b. In 1792, this revolutionary government set out to elect the National Convention , an assembly of people, to look after the affairs of the country as per the rules of the Constitution of 1791.

c.It provided for the following:

All men of 21 years and above , regardless of their wealth got right to vote.
It provided for the abolition of monarchy and declaring France to be a Republic.
It thus, abolished hereditary monarchy and gave power to the people to elect the head of the country.

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