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= Chapter 2 - Revolution and Terror, 1789 - 1794 =


 * 1789 - a revolution began in Versailles and quickly spread through the country
 * Next five years, things started to change in society, government and religion
 * Some people liked the changes, some didn't


 * Revolution, 1789 **
 * The third estate was honored for setting up the National Assembly but a defeat for the king
 * King had lost control over the Estate General
 * Was close to losing the capital
 * Louis ordered 20,000 tropps to protect Pairs
 * People thought that the troops were going to break up the National Assembly, people got scared
 * July 12, fears grew
 * People heard that Louis had hired a new finance minister, Necker, he was against the third estate.
 * The third estate started to find weapons to defend themselves


 * The Storming of the Bastille **
 * Parisians (people living in Pairs) hated the Bastille
 * It was a prison where the people who received sealed letter went to
 * It was a very dark and scary place to be
 * Crowds went looking for weapons at Bastille
 * The broke into the courtyards and threatened to blow down gates
 * Governor gave in
 * The crowds wanted to destroy the royal power
 * When the gate opened everyone rushed in and smashed everything and everyone
 * They had control of Bastille


 * Images of the Bastille **
 * The fall of the Bastille was a victory for the ordinary people
 * This victory recorded in many drawings and paintings
 * Many pictures showed the events that led up to the capture of Bastille
 * These images were all over France for everyone to see
 * Foreigners were fascinated by them
 * Some people were questioning if the pictures were accurate
 * The meals that was served in the prison were horrible.


 * The King Loses Control **
 * Louis thought about sending his army to Pairs to recapture Bastille
 * Later he gave up control over Pairs, because his war minister had told him that his soldiers wouldn't go fight for him
 * He allowed the National Guards to run the city
 * In towns and cities people were following what had happened in Pairs


 * The Great Fear **
 * Violence had spread to the country side, unemployment was high and millions were hungry
 * People were begging and stealing from each other
 * Rumors were going around that the nobles were trying to starve them and that they were paying ganges to destroy their fields
 * Peasants responded to this and refused to pay feudal dues
 * Late July, whole country was gripped by the 'Great Fear'


 * The Assembly Begins its Work **
 * The National Assembly started to become scared of the peasants because they had become so violent
 * August 4th, nobles said that they would give up their feudal rights
 * Three weeks later, the 'Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen' took place
 * this states that all men were free and equal in rights
 * Law of arrest and imprisonment and torture was banned.
 * Even the king was equal to everyone else, the king didn't have more power than the people


 * The Women March to Versailles **
 * Louis refused to sign the laws
 * He brought his army to Versailles to protect him, people thought that he was going to stop the Assembly by army force
 * When the news got to the women in Pairs, they got angry and started to find weapons
 * October 5, they became to protest
 * The National Guardsmen supported them
 * They wanted Louis to live in Pairs so they could keep an eye on him
 * He finally changed his mind when a few women broke unto his palace and killed two body guards and threaten to kill the queen
 * The king and queen moved into another palace for protection

= The King and the Assembly 1789 - 1792 =


 * Reforms of the National Assembly **
 * The assembly started to make new laws, changing the way France was organized and run




 * The Reforms of the Church **
 * People welcomes these reforms
 * Most people thought that that the church had to much power, too much land and money
 * Clergy had unholy lives
 * National Assembly started taking money from the churches, the catholics protested
 * 1790 - the protest grew bigger
 * A law was made, Civil Constitution of the Clergy, priests and bishops had to be elected
 * Clery refused to take oath in the loyalty to the French
 * They said that the Assembly had no right to do that
 * The nation started to question the Church and its power


 * The Flight to Varennes: **
 * Louis was unhappy with the Civil Constitution
 * He didn't want to take the Oath either
 * Made him look like he opposed the revolution
 * Louis decided to leave France
 * His aim was to get help from a French Prince who had already left and started a army
 * After they had made their own army their plan was to invade France, get rid of the Assembly and take back the power they had lost
 * Guards were making sure that Louis didn't leave France
 * June 21, 1791, Louis, his wife and children, sneaked out through an unguarded door
 * They went to Montmedy, 250 km away
 * Louis and his family got arrested and were taken back