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On June 20th 1789: the 3rd estate of the Estates General met in a commercial tennis court and swore an oath declaring they would remain until France had a constitution
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July 14 1789: the Bastille was a royal prison and towering figure of the oppression of the King and royal order
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A crowd of nearly 7000 militant working women of France marched to the King's Palace in Versailles demanding the price of bread and food be lowered and that people who were unpatriotic towards the Revolution have consquences
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The Royal family attempted to escape revolutionary France to Austria, where the royals were promised a safe haven. King Louis XVI was not happy with the number of changes and reforms being wanted by the Assembly, and he planned to form an army of counter-revolutionaries to take back France. However this plan failed as he and his family were captured in Varennes, only a couple of miles away from the Austrian border.
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Crowds gathered to sign a petition for a republican constitution and impeach the King. Things got extreme and they turned on 2 suspicious individuals. The National Guard was called in and 50 people were killed plus alot more injured. This created more distrust by the revolutionaries in Lafayette (National Guard leader and fellow revolutionary) and shows the beginning of two separate revolutions - the original revolution which began in 1789.
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•Storming of the Tuileries, June 20 1792: The popular movement (sans-culottes) marched into the Kings Tuileries Palace and demanded that he wear the red bonnet (symbol of the revolution) and toast the nation. Though reluctantly, he did so. The crowd also demanded that he end his veto powers and recall Girondin ministers (a more radical revolutionary party). He calmly refused these and the crowd dispersed.
•The formation of the Insurrectionary Commune, early August 1792: the 48 local councils. -
The 48 local councils of Paris merged into one radical group - a virtual parliament. They demanded to be recognised as the governing body/parliament for the working people.
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The Insurrectionary Commune organised 20,000 people for a demonstration against the King. Louis had only 900 Swiss guards and another 700 royalist guards and 2000 National Guards that loyalty was doubtful. when the crowd marched and demanded for the overthrow of the King, the National Guards changed sides and joined the demonstrators. The Swiss Guards however was still loyal to the King and wouldn't surrender. They shot at the crowd.
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Was caused by the imminent threat of invasion by Austrian/Prussian forces and the paranoia and terror as a result. People formed vigilante groups and briskly condemned around 1200 prisoners to death on suspicion of counter-revolutionary planning.
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The National Convention was set up, elected by universal male suffrage to provide a new constitution after the deposition of the King. It first met on September 21 1792 and on the next day proclaimed France a Republic!
