The French Revolution Unfolds

Rumors create the “Great Fear” During the time period poverty was wide-spread, many people went hungry, prices soared which resulted in people spending 80 percent of the salary on bread. Rumors went rampant that troops were attacking villages and confiscating their crops. This fear sent people into into panic creating the “Great Fear” In Paris there were protests held by factions: dissenting groups of people looking to gain power

The National Assembly Meets In reaction to the peasant uprisings and the storming of the Bastille and the peasant revolts. The national assembly decided to make some changes gave equality to all men (a key Enlightenment idea) they created the Declaration of Rights of Man which was modeled after the Declaration of Independence. -Key Fact: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen reflect the ideas of the Enlightenment thinkers because It viewed government as a social contract and secured citizens’ natural rights.

Women March on Versailles On October 5th about 6,000 women marched 13 miles in the rain to protest the monarchy Most of the anger was towards the Queen Marie Antoinette, she lived an extremely lavish lifestyle while many peasants died of hunger

The National Assembly Continue to make changes They voted to take and sell church lands to pay the rising national debt They place the church under state control They created a new constitution which set up a limited monarchy instead of the absolute monarchy which was currently in place They created new legislative assembly

Louis and Marie’s Failed Escape Out fear Louis and Marie attempt to flee Paris but are stopped at the border. Louis and Marie’s attempted escape was seen as them being traitors to the revolution.

Rulers Across Europe became increasingly worried…… Rulers in Europe became frightened that the French Revolution would spread to their own countries and peasant uprisings would occur Fueling the fear of the were the horror stories told by the émigrés: the nobles, clergy, and others who had fled France and it’s revolutionary forces

Radicals Fight for Power In Paris and other cities working class men and women called sans-cullottes: working class men or women which made the French Revolution more radical, they wore longer trousers instead of the fancy knee breeches that the upper class wore The san-cullottes demanded a republic: a government ruled by elected representatives instead of a monarch They supported the Jacobins for power the in the legislative assembly

The National Assembly Declares War on Tyranny Eager to spread revolution and end tyranny the Legislative Assembly declared war against Prussia, Britain, Austria and other states.