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War Powers Debate

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1790Date range
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1790

Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave22 May 1790

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Barnave argued against giving the king a decisive role in the constitutional power to make war and peace.

Names involved

Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave

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