After the death of King Louis and his family in October, the new King, Louis-Phillipe I, has settled in as Le Citoyen-Roi. There was much to do. War was looming on the horizon, as hundreds of thousands of Austrian troops poured into the Austrian Netherlands, and the winds of Revolution soared in Liege. The King required a cabinet, first and foremost, to replace those of the previous King.

Louis-Philippe had many men he wanted on his cabinet, though the National Assembly passed a vote disallowing men from the National Assembly to serve in the King's Cabinet. Louis-Philippe reluctantly agreed, and the Citizen-King's cabinet was born.

Ministers of State of France

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: Louis Lebègue Duportail

Secretary of State for War: Jacques-Antoine-Hippolyte de Guibert

Secretary of State of the Navy: Gaspard Monge

Secretary of the Maison du Roi: VACANT

Controller-General of Finances: Jacques Necker

The move from Versailles to Paris also spelled change in the National Assembly. Delegates no longer lodged with the men whom they travelled with, but instead began to form friendships and alliances among those whom they shared beliefs with. Those who opposed eachother on the state of the Monarchy, for example, would not spend much time with one-another, even if both were from, say, Brittany.

Delegates then began to establish clubs, to discuss and cultivate ideology among themselves.

Earlier in the year, the National Assembly passed an act, decreeing that all execution must be done in public, and by a new, more humane, more egalitarian method. Invented by Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, the new machine would cut off a criminal's head in precisely the same manner every time, ensuring an equal and total death. Guillotin's Machine, nicknamed, 'Madame La Guillotine', will serve the new government faithfully.

2 November

Despite opposition from Jacques Necker, the National Assembly votes to place the property of the Church at the disposition of the Nation. All land in France held by the Church is now owned by the People of France.

9 December

The Assembly decides to divide France into departments, in place of the former provinces, in order to rationalise the governance of the country.

19 December

In an attempt to fix the financial issues plaguing the country, the Assembly introduces the Assignat*, a currency that is not based on silver, but on the value of the property confiscated from the Church. The initial issue is to be for 400 million francs, at an interest rate of 5%. The idea behind property-based currency is that land value is far more stable than gold.

24 December

The Assembly, in accordance with the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen, declare that Protestants are eligible to hold public office; Jews are still excluded however.

18 January 1790

Marat publishes a fierce attack on finance minister Jacques Necker, shattering what little reputation he has left. Necker resigns, and Louis-Phillipe appoints Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart as the new Finance Minister.

22 January

Paris municipal police try to arrest Marat for his violent attacks on the government, including his attempted insurrection at the Palais-Royal last year. He is defended by a crowd of sans-culottes, and escapes to London.

13 February

The National Assembly continues the anti-clerical agenda, and forbids the taking of religious vows and passes measures to suppress contemplative religious orders, citing their untrustworthiness as a cause.

23 February

The Assembly requires that all parish priests in churches across France read aloud the decrees of the Assembly, in order to encourage political activism, and to inform all citizens of the new laws being created.

28 February

In order to assuage the concerns of the soldiers, and, more importantly, to alleviate the brain-drain of the French Army, the Assembly abolishes the requirement that army officers be members of the nobility, much to many of the senior officers' chagrin. Guibert, the Secretary of State for War, protests, but acquiesces in the end.

8 March

The Assembly, after a rousing speech by the King, issues a declaration vowing to end the institution of slavery in French colonies, eventually, and permits the establishment of colonial assemblies.

12 March

The Assembly approves the sale of the property of the church by municipalities, in an attempt to rectify the economy.