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Revolution 1789


 * Due to the national assembly, King Louis lost control of the Estates General.
 * Riots around Paris also showed that he had risked loosing control of the capital too
 * Louis ordered 20000 loyal troops to move into area around paris
 * The troops, said to be there to keep control, was feared by the people, because they may have been sent to break up the national assembly.
 * july 12, Louis sacked the finance minister - Necker with a hard-liner who opposed the 3rd estate.
 * Because the people thought that the king was about to break down the national assembly, they gathered weapons to prepare for defending against the kings troops
 * Crowds broke into weapon stores and stole thousands of guns, and there were rumors about large amounts of gunpowder in bastille

The storming of Bastille


 * Parisians hated Bastille, because that was where all the prisoners from sealed letters were sent.
 * There were many stories of torture chambers about Bastilles
 * The fortress Bastilles was hated by all the people, and so they stormed into the fortress destroying everything, and the defenders.

Images of the Bastille


 * One of the most important historical events in the French revolution.
 * a symbol of victory of ordinary people over their rulers.
 * There are many paintings of this event, showing people storming through the fortress, and the horrible conditions the prisoners were tortured. some showed pictures of prisoners being helped escape the dungeons.
 * according to the people who had participated in the event, the paintings are said to be inaccurate.
 * there were only a few captives
 * the diary of a man kept prisoner at bastille wrote a record of what he had eaten.

The King loses control


 * The king wanted to send his army to recapture bastille, however the war minister warned him that his soldiers may refuse to do so.
 * Louis had to give up control of Paris
 * ordered his soldiers back into their barracks
 * Allowed the people to set up their own military force - the national guard
 * 3rd estate formed a new local government - the Paris commune
 * Towns and cities all over france followed the example of Paris

The Great Fear
 * Violence spread through to the country side
 * There were many people who went looking for jobs, or to beg looking for food near the country sides.
 * the farmers were afraid that their crops would be stolen, or destroyed by gangs of wanderers.
 * there were rumors of nobles paying wanderer gangs to destroy crops, and fear quickly spread through france
 * when a villager saw wanderers stealing food, he would ring the church bell to warn the next village.

The assembly begins its work
 * The national assembly were afraid of the violent peasants.
 * on 4th august, noble deputies announced that they would give up their feudal rights and dues.
 * By the next day, hunting rights, tithes, the corvée and the rights of the mill and over had been abolished.
 * feudalism was gone
 * three weeks after the end of feudalism, the assembly made another important change in french society
 * it issued the "declaration of the rights of man and the citizen" - all men were equal in rights
 * people were free to speak and write freely, it changed the laws of arrest and imprisonment. it also banned torture.
 * The power of france, no longer belonged to just the king, but also to the people.

The women march to versailles
 * Louis did not like the new laws, and did not sign them.
 * he sent another army to Versailles in early october to add to his body guards. this looked like it was going to break the national assembly by force
 * When the news reached Paris, crowds of market women gathered in the streets, marching through the streets collecting weapons.
 * On October 5th, armed with knives guns and connons, the women marched to Versailles to protest
 * the women, supported by national guardsmen complained about the high price of bread, and the amount of bodyguards in Versailles.
 * Louis did not want to leave for Paris, however changed his mind when two women smashed their way into the palace, killing two bodyguards and threatening to kill the queen.
 * On October the 6th, Louis, his wife and son went to Paris.

The King and the Assembly
 * The deputies of national assembly followed the royal family to Paris.
 * where they took over an old riding school as a meeting place.
 * The next 2 years, they made many new laws including

The reform of the church
 * some people felt that the church had too much power, land and money
 * people felt that many of the clergy also lived unholy lives
 * The national assembly started to overtake the churches powers
 * Only half the people took the oath, the other half didn't. soon they split into two groups

The Flight to Varennes
 * Louis disliked the civil constitution. he sided with the priests who refused to take the oath. this made it look as if he opposed the revolution
 * Angry crowds protested at the gates of Tuileries Palace
 * Louis left Paris to get help from other leaders.
 * It was extremely hard to escape france, because the assembly was afraid that Louis might try to escape.
 * 21st June 1791 Louis and his family escaped disguised from a temporarily unguarded door.

Summary the france revolution spread throughout 1789, it was when King Louis started losing his control over Paris, and there were many riots and protests against the King. the king ordered his troops to move in as his guards, and was taken as an army that he sent to destroy the national assembly by the people. in fear, the people gathered weapons to defend themselves. There then was a rumor that there were a lot of gunpowder in Bastille, so the crowds stormed the fortress, finding prisoners that were sent there and tortured by sealed letters. This was the first symbol of victory of the workers over their rulers. Many artists captured the moments by painting pictures of this event. However most of these paintings were inaccurate, and exaggerated. After King Louis gave up his Bastille fortress, he allowed the people to set up a national guard, and a Paris commune. soon many other cities began to follow Paris as an example. The workers and beggers gathered at the countryside from the violence, and were feared by the farmers. there were nobles who payed crowds to destroy crops, and installed the great fear into people from many different villages. Declaration of the rights of man and the citizens was issued by the national assembly, due to the fear from the violent peasants. they gave people the right of speech and writing, and changed laws of arrest, imprisonment and also banned torture. however the king refused to sing the edict, and so it did not become a law. The king send his army to Versailles, and was seen as a force to break up the national assembly. Market women armed with knives, firearms and cannons stormed Versailles and forced the king to move to Paris. The National assembly went to Paris, and made many laws over the next two years. Many people disliked the churches having too much money, land and power, and disliked how many of the churches had unholy clergy's, so The National Assembly Started taking power over the churches, which led many of the clergy's to protest. Civil Constitution of the Clergy demanded that priests and bishops make an oath to be loyal to the French nation and law. The church then split into half of the people who accepted the oath and half who did not. King Louis, who did not like the revolution decided to escape France, and get help from other leaders.

Questions Why did king louis escape france, just because he did not like the revolution?

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