Which body drafted and enacted the Constitution of 1791?

• A. Legislative Assembly
• B. National Convention
• C. National Assembly
• D. Directory

Answer: (C)

The key idea here is who drafted the constitutional framework that shaped France in 1791. During the early stages of the French Revolution, the body that emerged to reform the monarchy and write a new form of government was the National Assembly (also known as the National Constituent Assembly). This assembly was formed by members who claimed to represent the French nation after the Estates-General, and it produced the Constitution of 1791, which established a constitutional monarchy and set up a legislative body to make laws. In short, it created the legal structure that limited royal power and laid out the new balance of authority.

The other bodies came into play at different times and with different purposes. The Legislative Assembly was created by the 1791 constitution to govern and make laws under the new framework, not to draft it. The National Convention later led France during the radical phase and drafted the later republican constitutions, not the 1791 one. The Directory followed the constitution of 1795, long after 1791. So the body responsible for drafting and enacting the Constitution of 1791 is the National Assembly.