Storming of the Bastille
- see research
- know that France lost their governor, sec of state, and mayor of Paris
The Great Fear
- The peasantry revolt against feudalism and a # of urban disturbances
- many members of the aristocracy flee Paris to become émgrés (someone who leaves voluntary)
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
- adopted by the assembly
- document of the French Revo
- Like the Bill of Rights
Legislative Assembly
- Late 1789
- émgrés are required to return back to Paris with the threat of death if they didn't return
- King is still scared to return so he destroys this idea
Woman's March on Versailles
- March began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of October 5th 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of bread
- market women and their various allies grew into a mob of thousands and encouraged by revo agitators, they ransacked the city armory for weapons and marched to the Palace of Versailles
- next day the crowd told the King to return to Paris
- This ended the independent decisions by the king
Comments