Question 3 - Past Year Questions - 2 Marks - Chapter 1 Class 9 History - French Revolution - History

Explain how France became a constitutional monarchy.

Answer:

Points to remember

• Representatives of the third estate declared themselves as a national assembly and swore to draft a constitution to limit the power of the monarch .
• They completed the draft of the constitution in 1791 .
• They divided the powers into the judiciary , executive and legislature .
• This made France a constitutional monarchy .

Answer to be written

• Representatives of the Third Estate, on 20 June, assembled in the hall of an indoor tennis court in Versailles and declared themselves a National Assembly and swore not to disperse till they had drafted a constitution for France to limit the powers of the monarch .
• The National Assembly completed the draft of the constitution in 1791 intending to limit the power of the monarch .
• Instead of concentrating powers in the hands of one person , these powers were now separated and assigned to different institutions - the legislative , executive and judiciary .
• This made France a constitutional monarch.