Order of events
Storming of the Bastille
July 14th 1789
Know that France lost their governor secretary of state and the mayor of Paris
July 17th 1789
The great fear the peasantry revolt against feudalism and a number of urban disturbances and revolts. Many members of hte aristocracy flee paris to become emigres
Emigres someone who has migrated out of an area.. Emigrant.
August 26th 1789
Declaration of the rights of Man and of the Citizen is adopted by the assembly.
Is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in history of human rights defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal.
US equivalent to this is bill of rights,
Legislative Assembly
Late 1789
Emigres are required to return back to Paris with the threat of death if they didnt return
King is still scared to return so he removes the idea that they have to come back
This allows for new blood to become part of the legislative assembly.
Womens March of Versailles
also known as the Octover March
The October days or simply The March on Versailles
Was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French revolution
The march began amoung women in the market of Paris who on the morning of october 5th 1789 were near rioting over high price on bread
The market women and their various allies grew into a mob of thousands and encouraged by revolutionary agitators they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles.
The next day the crowd compelled the knig his family and most of French assembly to return to Paris with them.
These events effectivly ended the independant authority of the king.
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