1. Revolution Brings Reform and Terror
Chapter 7 Section 2

2. The Assembly Reforms France
August 4, 1789
The Great Fear is making everything chaotic and people are panicking
Feel like something must be done- meet the night of August 4 go all through the night
People make grand speeches, people crying, denounce all privileges.
“Patriotic drunkenness”- One upped each other on the amount they could give up
By the next morning the Old Regime is completely finished

3. The Assembly Reforms France
Rights of Man
August 26, Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen – Declaration of rights of man and citizen
Ideas of Enlightenment
Liberty, Egalite, Fraternité- Liberty, equality, fraternity is adopted as thier slogan

4. The Assembly Reforms France
A state controlled church
Took over church lands and made church officials be elected
Made them swear a loyalty oath- many refuse and are hunted down
Lands helped pay of the church’s debt
Church becomes a place for political announcements
Many peasants are devout Catholics and were shocked by these reforms, thus no longer supported the Assembly
Separation of church and state

5. The Assembly Reforms France
Louis tries to escape
Mobs keep King and Queen in the city when they try to leave to visit their priest
Decide to flee the country and return at the head of the Austrian Army ( Marie’s Brother Emperor)
Writes a letter before he leaves saying he does not believe in any part of the Revolution even though he had taken an oath of loyalty
Thought that only Paris would be the problem
Family makes escape in costume, pretends to be someone else
Louis gets cocky ( talked to people, put up curtains in carriage, etc.)
Recognized by Drouet from bank note- rides to the next town
About 1,500 people from town stop them in Varennes and return them to Paris under guard