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-King Louis calls for the estates general meeting, which hadnt happened since 1614
-Louis called the meeting in hopes of finding ideas of how to solve the current governments money issues
-had to decide whether to vote by estate-1st and 2nd estates have the advantage, or voting together, - so the third estate has the advantage.
-caused the National assembly- and the tennis court oath -
-oath was a pledge sighned by 576 of the 577 people in the third estate
-they were locked out of their meeting room shortly after beggining to call themselves the "national assembly"
-they moved into a nearby tennis court and pledged to stay there until their needs, and wishes were met
-first time that the French formally stood up to king Louis XVI
-Seen as a commitment to anarchy -
-rebels attacked the prison
-went to free the people that were locked up
-mainly just went to get ammo and weapons
-killed a gaurd and put his head on a stick and paraded town with it -
-The people of France were beginning to believe that neglect and ignorance were the main causes of public turmoil, and unjust ruling
-Key Concepts
1-men are born and remain free and equal in rights
2-The aim of political associations is to preserve the natural rights of man
3-Law can only prohibit behavior that is hurting society
4-All people are innocent until proven guilty
5-Nobody can be arrested or punished if not prescribed by law -
-Women were rioting over the price of bread
-market women grew into a mob of thoussands of people
-they attacked the palace where the king and queen were until they forced them to come with them to paris
-made the king start listening to his people and their demands of reform
-ended the kings independance -
-a period of violence after the beggining of the french revolution
-The guillotine (called the "National Razor") became the symbol of the revolutionary cause
- First French Republic was engaged in a series of wars
