Constitution of 1791
The Constitution of 1791 was a document created by the French National Assembly during the French Revolution to establish a new constitution based on principles of liberty and equality.
[Preamble]
The National Assembly, wishing to establish the French Constitution upon the principles it has just recognized and declared, abolishes irrevocably the institutions which were injurious to liberty and equality of rights. Neither nobility, nor peerage, nor hereditary distinctions, nor distinctions of orders, nor feudal regime, nor patrimonial courts, nor any titles, denominations, or prerogatives derived therefrom, nor any order of knighthood, nor any corporations or decorations requiring proofs of nobility or implying distinctions of birth, nor any superiority other than that of public functionaries in the performance of their duties any longer exists.
Neither venality nor inheritance of any public office any longer exists.
Neither privilege nor exception to the law common to all Frenchmen any longer exists for any part of the nation or for any individual.
Neither jurandes nor corporations of professions, arts, and crafts any longer exist. The law no longer recognizes religious vows or any other obligation contrary to natural rights or the Constitution.
The Constitution of 1791
Question 1
Identify one way the excerpt reflects the ideals of the French Revolution.
Question 2
Describe one way the excerpt changed France's relationship with the Catholic Church.
Question 3
Explain one way the French First Republic struggled to uphold the ideals of the Constitution of 1791.
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