Question

Explain the effects of the National Convention.

Answer 1

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The National Convention was elected to provide a new constitution for the country after the overthrow of the monarchy (August 10, 1792). The Convention numbered 749 deputies, including businessmen, tradesmen, and many professional men. The National Convention was extremely important to the events of the French Revolution. First, the convention was the first government in France based on universal male suffrage. ... Second, the first major act of the convention was to abolish the absolute monarchy and to transform France into a republic. Between September 1792 and the expulsion of the Girondins in June 1793, the Convention wrestled with four significant issues: the revolutionary war, the parlous state of the economy, the fate of the deposed king and the destabilising influence of Parisian radicals. The National Convention was a single-chamber assembly in France from September 20, 1792, to October 26, 1795, during the French Revolution. It succeeded the Legislative Assembly and founded the First Republic after the Insurrection of August 10, 1792.