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Review events of 1791.

Understand the events

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Investigate the

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Reform programme of the National Assembl

Local Government Taxation & fnance Economy

Legal reorms Church The Constitution

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The principle of election

Local government officials elected

Under the constitution active citizens wereelectedMagistrates and judges were electedClergy were to be elected

The principle of wealth

Voting qualifications were based on

wealthOnly the very rich bourgeoisie couldbecome Deuties to the !ssembly"Wealthensured that the bourgeoisieand the easants could #buy in$ to the%evolution through the urchase of

Church lands"&he Declaration of %ights whichunderinned the reforms stated

The principle of meritocracy

Officials were elected to localgovernment based on merit'udges were to be elected based ontheir merits( their amount ofe)erience

The principle of equality

&here was to be equalitybefore the law withthe abolition of ecclesiastical and seigneuralcourts"&here was to be equalityof ta)ation with theintroduction of the new land ta) that was to be

aid by all and based on land values"&here was to be equalityin the ayment ofsalaries to the clergy as great discreancies ofwealth were evened out"

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Some reflections on the

reformsThe change in the relationship between

Church & State; the Church becomes

subservientto the State.The change in the position of the King; hebecomes a constitutional monarch.

The rise of the Bourgeoisie.

The fear of the mob.The loyalty of the peasantsto the Revolution.The crisis over the Civil Constitution of the

Clergywhich splits France.

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the apprehension of Louis XVI at

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Write 5 facts from the video about The Flight to

Varennes