Constitution du 24 juin 1793 (Constitution de l'an I) · Adopted 24 June 1793; never applied

French Constitution of 1793

1793년 프랑스 헌법

Constitution of the French Republic adopted by the National Convention on 24 June 1793 and approved by referendum, providing for universal male suffrage and a new declaration of rights. It was never applied: on 10 October 1793 the Convention declared the government revolutionary until the peace.

In depth

In the referendum 1,784,377 of roughly 1,800,000 voters approved it. Its declaration of rights made public relief a sacred debt of society (Article 21) and education a common need (Article 22), and Article 35 presented insurrection as a right and duty when the government violates the people's rights. Yet a wartime revolutionary government, not this constitution's ordinary system, actually operated. After Thermidor the Convention did not apply it and drafted a new constitution in 1795. The Manifesto of the Equals (1796) called the charters of 1791 and 1795 aristocratic and the charter of 1793 a great step toward real equality.

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Sources

  1. /commulingo/docs/france-constitutions-and-republic-1791-1793
  2. Wikipedia (EN)
  3. /commulingo/docs/france-national-assembly-terror-guide-1793-1794
  4. /commulingo/docs/france-subsistence-and-equality-1792-1796
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