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Troops attacking paris
There was a rumor spread that the king will order his troops to attack Paris as people were revolting and lots of people gathered and formed a militia. -
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Dec 1788- October 1821
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The national assembly
On 10 June 1789, Abbe Sieyes moved that the Third Estate, now meeting as the Communes , proceed with verification of its own powers and invite the other two estates to take part, but not to wait for them. They proceeded to do so two days later, completing the process on 17 June. Then they voted a measure far more radical, declaring themselves the National Assembly, an assembly not of the Estates but of the People. They invited the other orders to join them, but made it -
National assembly
existed from June 17, 1789 to July 9, 1789. The national assembly was a transitional body between the estates general and the national constituent assembly -
Tennis court oath
On June 17th this group led by Honore Gabriel Riqueti, began to call themselves the National Assembly. On the morning of june 20th,the deputies were shocked to discover that the chamber door was locked and guarded by soldiers. Immediately fearing the worst, and anxious that a royal attack by King Louis XVI was imminent, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor tennis court where they took a solemn collective oath not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances -
Attacking the bastille
A huge mob marched to the Bastille, searching for gun powder and prisoners that had been taken by the unpopular and detested King, Louis XVI. -
D.R.M
The concepts in the Declaration of the Rights of Man come from the philosophical and political principles of the Enlightenment like individualism -
King louis comes to power
Succeeding Louis XV, his unpopular grandfather, Louis XVI was well aware of the growing discontent of the French population against the absolute monarchy. The first part of his reign is marked by his attempts to reform the kingdom in accordance with the Enlightenment ideals. However, Louis XVI failed to impose his will, as his reforms stumbled on the hostility of the nobles.
