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Revolution 1789
-reolution began at Versailes in 1789,spread to parts of france. -5 yaears brought great changes in country's society, gov, religion. later spread to countries all over the world. -many became reolutionaries who welcomed the changes, millions hated it. -national assembly great victory for third estate, defeat for king. -king lost control of the Estates General, riots in nearby paris showed risk of losing control over the capital too. - ordered 20,000 royal troops to move into the area around paris, keep order. people thought they were going to break up national assembly. -people were afraid, it grew on July 12th where Louis had sacked the popular finance minister, necker, replaced with hardliner who opposed the third estate. -thought Louis was going to tear down National Assembly, angry and frightened, crowds started looking for weapons to defend themselves. --crowds broke into arms store, stole thousands of guns. July 14th rumoured has is that there were tonnes of gunpoweder in Bastille, east end of paris.

The Storming of the Bastille
-Bastille was hated by parisians, had been a prison wehre prisoners of the crown were sent. -dark stinking dungeons, of torture chambers and of masked prisoners chained to the walls for life. -went to look for weapons. fotress, symbol of all tehy hated bout the kings power. -broke into the courtyard and threateneed to blow down the gates with cannons. -governor decided to give in. -took control of Bastille by evening.

Images of the Bastille
-one of he most famous events in French Rev. symbol of victory of ordinary people over teh power of their rulers. -thousands of drawings. ,seen all over france, artits abroad prduced their own versions of events. not all were accurate. --there were only 7 imprisoned, one of the prisoners diary contained what they have ate untill a week before it was attacked, it also contained an account of his spedning for the month of decmeber 1787.

The King loses control
-louis considered sending army into paris to recatpure Bastille. soldiers would refuse to do so. -give up control of paris, army back to barracks, allowed people to set up their own defence., the national guard -to run city, third estate formed a new local governemnt, paris commune. -All over frances, riots, crowds atacking town halls, forced out royal officials, set up own communes and national guard.

The Great Fear
-Spread into the countryside. -high unemployment, millions were hungry. left home to seek work or beg. -farmers lived in fear of gangs of wanderers who stole food form their fields. -Rumors said nobles were trying to starve people by harding grain. , and that the nobles were paying the gangs to attack farms to terrorise the peasants. -responded, not to pay their feudal dues. broke into lords homes and burned records of their dues. -violence spread, fear of gangs increased. thought gangs rang church bells to warn neighboring villages, passed from town to town. panic parts of france -July, country gripped by "Great Fear"

The Assembly begins its work
--National Assembly deputies scared by vilence of peasants. -drastic measures to end it. August 4th, nobly deputies give up feudalrights and dues, all rights has been abolished, feudalism was gone. -Declaration fo the Rights of Man and the Citizen. stated all men were free and equal in rights. -right to speak and write freely, changed the laws of arrest and imprisonment, and banned torture. power belonged to entire people.

The Women march to Versailles
--Louis disliked the decisions by the assembly, refused to sign them--> wont become law. -brought more soldiers to versailles to add ot his bodyguard. looked as if he was goign to break up assembly by force. -Women gathered in the treets, marched through the city collection weapons, October 5th reacheds versailles to protest. -supported by National Guardsmen, complained about high price of brad, extra soldiers in versailles. -did not want to go back to paris untill thretened by the death of queen, october 6th louis, marie, oldest son, back to paris. Surrounded by 60,000 people. -tuileries palace in center of paris.

The Kng and the Assembly 1789-1792
-reforms of the national assembly, folowed royal family to paris, old riding place as meeting place. -made new laws, changed how france was organized and ran.



The Reform of the Church
-church had too much power,too much land, and money. Clergy lived unholy lives. -catholics protested when Assembly began to take land and money from the church. -grew louder in july 1790, when law drew up to reduce the power of the church. =Civil Constitution of the Clergy, priests and bishops must be elected like otehr public officials. -tak oath of loyalty to the French nation and law -refused to take oaths. -no right to interefere with church affairs, clergy then divided by who took the oath and who supported teh revolution and those who refused to take the oath and opposed rev.

The Flight to Varennes
-Louis XVI unhappy with civil constitution, sided with the preists who refused to take oath. -looks like he oppose rev. protests at the gates of tuleries palace. - decided to leave france, get help from french princes who had left france and had bult up armies acroos the frontier. -hope for assistance from Marie's brother, leopold, emperor of Austria. -invade france and get rid of assembly. -hard to escape palace. guards at every door. -secret escape, june 21st midnight, secret escape. disguise, through unguarded door. -recongised 50 km away from the frontier. (heading east for Montmedy) -authorities waited at Varennes, arrested and sent back to paris the next day. -people shouted insults and spat on windows.

The Road to War
-flgiht to varennes first step on the road to war. Louis and marie now in danger. -empereor leopold issued a statement to help them regain their liberty and their power. -help them regain liberty and power. -Leopold had no intension of war, only to show support for a fellow monarch and for his sister. - people believed that,thought was was inevitable. - Louis wanted war because they expected the French armis to lost it, restore power. -people who opposed louis wanted war force him to show exactly whose side he was on. invaders, dethrone him, make france a republic.

== Revolution started all over france. a national assembly was set up, and a win for the third estate. King sent royal troops into paris, followed up by firing the finance minister, seems like he was going to break up the National Assembly by Force. Peoepl in france started looking all over for weapons to defend themselves. Stormed to Bastille, former prison, took over. King lost control, they then set up their Nationguard and commune. Violence spread throughout all of france. National Assembly was scared of Revolution, ablolished feudal rights and dues. gave all men equal rights. Women protested and wanted louis to move back to paris so peoepl can keep an eye on him. In two years the way france was governed was totally changed. Louis wanted to escape france but the n was caught, france was on teh brink of war. ==

Questions
how was it so easy for them to find weapons? why was it called flgiht to varnnes when there was no plane?

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Image of the storming of bastille