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National Assembly
The Third Estate delegates of France were eager to see ann make changes in the government. They insisted that all three estates should meet and each delegate vote. The third Estate would have the advantage over the other two estates because it had the same number of delegates of the other two estates put together. King Louis XVI made the Estate-General follow medieval rule and the Third Estate became more and more determined to hold all power. -
National Assembly continued
In a speech clergyman Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès states that the Third Estate delegates give themselves the name Nationals Assembly and pass laws in the names of French people. After debating the subject, delegates agreed to the idea and on June 17, 1789, they voted to establish the National Assembly. They wanted a change because they were tired of how the government was treating them. -
Storming of Bastille
Rumors spread around Paris like wildfire. Some thought King Louis was intent on using military force to end the National Assembly, others thought that foregone troops were coming to massacre the citizens of Paris. In order to defend the city from attacks, people began to gather weapons for proaction. On July 14, a mob searching for gunpowder and arms stormed the Bastille, a prison in Paris (McDougall Littell World History 655). -
Storming of Bastille continued
The guards became over whelmed by the mob and the mob seized control of the prison. They did so by hacking the prison commander and several other guard to death then paraded them around the streets with the decapitated head on sticks. The fall of the Bastille became a great symbolic act of revolution to the French people (McDougall Little World History 655). -
Three Ruling Factions of France
The Legislative Assembly of France was split into three general groups, the radicals, the moderates, and the conservatives. The radicals sat on the left side of the hall and were opposed to the idea of a monarchy and wanted to see changes in the way the government was ran. Moderates sat in the center of the hall and wanted some changes in government, but not as many as the radicals (McDougall Littell World History 657). -
Three Ruling Factions of France continued
Conservatives sat on the right side of the hall and upheld the idea of a limited monarchy and wanted few changes in government.(McDougall Littell World History 657). Not only did these factions want to influence the government, but other factions outside of these three wanted to have a say in things. -
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