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(a) The most important achievement of the National Assembly was to adopt the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen. (b) The declaration upheld the equality of all before law, eligibility of all for public offices, freedom from arrest or punishment without a proven cause and right to freedom of speech and expression. (c) It stressed that the burden of taxation must be borne by all without distinction and thus the nobles and clergy were denied their special privileges. (d) The Church was nationalized and the people were guaranteed religious freedom. (e) A New Constitution was formed providing for a constitutional monarchy with limited powers to the monarch. Legislative powers were vested in the Legislative Assembly. (f) The jury system was introduced for criminal cases. This was the first genuinely democratic Constitution of France.
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