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Storming of the Bastille
in Paris on the morning of 14 July 1789
The middle class had formed the National Guard
The Bastille was nearly empty of prisoners with one 7 seven men
Marking the start of the Revolution -
The beginning of the Great Fear
fearful peasants armed themselves by forming groups to protect themselves from others. -
"Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen"
The nobles were forced to give up privileges from the Old Regime.
It gave all people the promise of the protection of their natural rights.
It granted all men the right to equal justice, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. -
the beheading of louis xvi
suspended and arrested and as tried by the National Convention and was found guilty of being disloyal to his government, and was to be executed by guillotine. -
reign of terror
The victims were clergy and common people
opposed to the Revolution
40,000 were to be executions,
Anyone who disagreed with the Jacobins was a "threat ''
