The Great Fear
the peasantry revolt against feudalism and a number of urban disturbances and revolts
many members fo the aristocracy flee Paris to become emigres
someone who has migrated out of an area voluntary
August twenty sixth 1879
Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
adopted by the assembly
is a fundamental document of the French Revolution and in the history of human rights, defining the individual and collective rights of all the estates of the realm as universal
Legislative Assembly
late 1789
emigres 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 removes the idea that they have to come back
this allows fro new blood to become part of the legislative assembly
Women's March on VErsailles
was one of the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution
the march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the ornign of J October 1789, were near rioting over the high price and scarcity of 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 teh king, his family, and most of the French Assembly to return with them to Paris
these events effectively ended teh independent authority of the king
10 August 1792
September Massacres
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