Estates General Continued
- In the past the 3 estates would meet separately and there would only be 1 vote per estate
- This allowed for the 1st and 2nd estate to always beat the 3rd
- The king sided with the nobles again and they were outvoted
Order of Events
- July 14th 1789
- Storming of the Bastille-see your research. 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 the aristocracy flee Paris to become emigres.
- Emigres-someone who has migrated out of an area voluntary....(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 the history of human rights defining the individual and collection rights of all the estates of the realm as universal
- comparable to the Bill of Rights
- Legislative Assembly
- Late 1789
- Emigres are required to return back to Paris with the threat of death if they didn't returnKing is still scared to return so he removes the idea that they have to come backThis allows for new blood (3rd estate) to become part of the legislative assembly
- Women's March on Versailles
- also known as The October March, The October Days, or simply The March on Versailles, was one of the earlier and most significant events of the French Revolution
- The march began among women in the marketplace of Paris who, on the morning of October 5th 1789, were near rioting over the high price of 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 the king, his family, and most of the French Assembly to return with them to Paris
- These events effectively ended the independent authority of the king
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