# Constitution of Year I approved (1793)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1793-constitution-of-year-i-approved
Location: France
Categories: main-event

A democratic republican constitution was adopted but suspended during wartime emergency. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is National Convention (Collective head of the French Republic). Constitution of Year I approved mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Constitution of Year I approved mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Constitution of Year I approved](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Constitution+of+Year+I+approved&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Constitution of Year I approved](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Constitution+of+Year+I+approved)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)