The national assembly the french legislature.
Declaration of the rights of man king louis xvi. We re guessing from watching sofia coppola s brilliant marie antoinette that all he wanted to do was make keys but that was not to be his fate. Presented here is the first printed edition. It was an absolute monarchy that is the king had all the power and could make the decisions that he wanted without having to answer to anyone. The declaration of the rights of man and the citizen.
When king louis xvi went too far in his unfair treatment of his subjects citizens of paris moved into open rebellion and began executing members of the nobility. The declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen of august 26 1789 is one of the fundamental texts included in the preamble to the french constitution of october 1958. January 21 1793 louis xvi is beheaded. The complete french revolution timeline which was started in the year 1789 when louis xvi was the king of france and ends with the levitation of napoleon bonaparte.
While riots were raging louis xvi approved the text on october 5 1789 with much prodding from the marquis de la fayette. At that time king louis xvi ruled. Marquis de lafayette drafted the declaration of the rights of man which was presented to the national assembly. Certain rights and freedoms were only enjoyed by the nobility and aristocracy.
It was a constitutional document that guaranteed the rights of all individual frenchmen. Unfortunately it doesn t last very long and they burn through two other constitutions as the revolution became increasingly violent. It was a concise expression of enlightenment values and ideas embraced by most political clubs and factions. The monarch king louis xvi however refused to sign the declaration or the act of august 4 abolishing feudalism in france.
The rights outlined in the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen did not extend to raise taxes to pay off growing debt in 1789 king louis xvi summoned the estates general primarily to. The declaration of the rights of man and citizen was passed by the national constituent assembly in august 1789. In october of 1789 parisian crowds mainly consisting of women demanding bread marched twelve miles to versailles to confront louisxvi. 23 august 1754 21 january 1793 was the last king of france before the fall of the monarchy during the french revolution he was referred to as citizen louis capet during the four months just before he was executed by guillotine in 1765 upon the death of his father louis dauphin of france he became the new dauphin.