Constituent Assembly's Legal Reforms and the August Decrees (1789–1791)

1. August Decrees launched feudal-privilege abolition

   Aug 4, 1789Labels: August Decrees, National Constituent, Feudalism

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2. August Decrees finalized and promulgated

   Aug 11, 1789Labels: August Decrees, National Constituent

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3. Rights of Man and Citizen adopted

   Aug 26, 1789Labels: Declaration of, National Constituent

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4. Church property placed at nation’s disposal

   Nov 2, 1789Labels: Church Property, Biens Nationaux, National Constituent

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5. Departments decreed to replace old provinces

   Dec 22, 1789Labels: Departments, Administrative Reform, National Constituent

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6. Religious vows suppressed; monastic orders dissolved

   Feb 13, 1790Labels: Monastic Orders, Religious Vows, National Constituent

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7. Assignats first issued against national lands

   Apr 1, 1790Labels: Assignats, Biens Nationaux, National Constituent

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8. Hereditary nobility and titles abolished

   Jun 19, 1790Labels: Nobility Abolition, National Constituent

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9. Civil Constitution of the Clergy enacted

   Jul 12, 1790Labels: Civil Constitution, National Constituent, Dioceses

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10. Judiciary reorganized by the August 1790 law

    Aug 24, 1790Labels: Judicial Reform, Law of, National Constituent

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11. Allarde Decree established freedom of trade

    Mar 2, 1791Labels: Allarde Decree, Economic Reform, National Constituent

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12. Le Chapelier Law banned worker combinations

    Jun 14, 1791Labels: Le Chapelier, Labor Regulation, National Constituent

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13. Constitution of 1791 completed by the Assembly

    Sep 3, 1791Labels: Constitution of, National Constituent

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14. Louis XVI accepted the Constitution and swore oath

    Sep 14, 1791Labels: Louis XVI, Oath to, Constitution of

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15. French Penal Code of 1791 adopted

    Sep 25, 1791Labels: Penal Code, Criminal Law, National Constituent

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