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The National Assembly

In 1789, people of the clergy and nobility in France gathered to discuss the problems plaguing their society. There was limited food and jobs, and the people wanted to change this. The lower classes, the Third Estate, took part in this too, with a representation of almost twice the amount of people as usual. The many people created their own group, the National Assembly, on June 17. This became the first truly governing body of the French Revolution. Many nobles who did not support the National Assembly actually fled the country because of the way the Assembly disapproved of aristocracy.

They created ways to deal with the low amount of food and other issues until Louis XVI closed off the area where the citizens were meeting. They kept at it, however, each of them signing an oath that they would continue with the Assembly no matter how it would end up. Many economic and social problems were resolved because of the hundreds of members and many committees, as well as subcommittees. Even with the monarchy of Louix XVI still existing, the National Assembly was still considered a government. King Louis XVI was just holding a sort of symbolic role with the amount of power he had lost. Five days before the storming of Bastille, before the beginning of the French Revolution, the National Assembly created their own constitution and became the National Constituent Assembly. The basis of the long revolution to come was created by the people of the Assembly.

Louis XVI had no power in this matter anymore; he was losing support in the military, church, and nobility. Because of the American Revolution and the National Assembly, the people of France were gaining confidence to change the monarchy. They no longer trusted Louis XVI and soon, the French Revolution became large. Duke of Orleans, a very high speaker for the nobility in the National Assembly, helped people through the revolution and became a sort of role model for the reforms that had to be made.

The National Assembly did not actually last for a very long time, but because it existed, many other bodies and branches of governments were created. After the revolution, it represented many different powers governing France. It began the switch from monarchy to democracy.