In the year of 1791 the National Assembly of France wrote the Constitution of 1791. This constitution clearly reflected …show more content…
This constitution is a very radical constitution because at the time when it was written the Jacobins, or radical party, ruled in the Assembly Hall. This constitution sets up a republic. The revolutionaries no longer want a monarch, absolute or limited, because they discovered, via the Brunswick Manifesto, that Louis was the one plotting the counter revolutions. This radical constitution gave universal manhood suffrage. It also stated that citizens were obliged to resist oppression because the revolutionaries did not want people to be afraid of revolting again. The Constitution of 1793 was aimed at happiness for all, but it was never actually put into use. The reason it was locked away in the assembly hall was because Robespierre was plotting to take all the power, so he told the public that it was not safe enough for the constitution when, in reality, it was his fault society was not safe enough. The Committee of Public Safety, which was run by Robespierre and his men, was creating a chaotic society, purposefully making it unsafe for a constitution so they could have all the