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Parisians grew panicked as rumors of an impending military coup began to circulate. Rioters stormed the bastille fortress in an attempt to secure gunpowder and weapons; Many consider this event, as the start of the French Revolution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiTXftPAB8g -
Angered by a food shortage and increasing prices French women marched to Versailles in demand of bread for their children. This even t is credited for forcing the royal family back to Paris. https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/october-march-on-versailles/ -
In late August, the Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The document proclaimed the Assembly’s commitment to replace the ancien régime with a system based on equal opportunity, freedom of speech, popular sovereignty and representative government. https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/start_new/5d3745f82343f7001a4a3f5f -
10-month period in which suspected enemies of the revolution were guillotined by the thousands. Many of the killings were carried out under orders from Robespierre, who dominated the Committee of Public Safety until his own execution on July 28, 1794. https://alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution/reign-of-terror/ -
One day after being convicted of conspiracy with foreign powers and sentenced to death by the French National Convention, King Louis XVI is executed by guillotine in the Place de la Revolution in Paris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCeRnbhvSnk