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Severe Food Shortages
In past years terrible weather had caused wide spread crop failure. The price of bread doubled in 1789 and left many French citizens facing starvation.
-French citizen's diet mainly consisted of bread -
Tennis Court Oath
Three days after convocation of the estaes King Louis locked the newly formed National Assembly out of the meeting room. The National Asemblt then broke into a tennis court and remained until the consistution was altered.
- This maked the beggining s end of French Monarchy. -
Storming the Bastille
Rumors of the mercenary swiss army marching on Paris by order of the king insued fear and panick into it's populace. In reaction thse people invaded the amory called Bastille, this building represented the Monarchy reign. -
The Rights of Man
The National Assembly adopted the staement" men are born and remain free and equal in rights” in Frances new Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Frances declaration was based off of the Declaration of Independence.
- Frances declaration signfyed French monarchy and hierarchy have no place in this nation's goverment . -
Prussain women invade Versailles
Prussian women were provoked and inraged by the rising price of bread. Motivated by their anger they inded Versailless and demanded the royal family returns to Paris.
- This proved the French monarchy no longer held any control over it's citizens.
