HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: French First Republic, Maximilien Robespierre, Book Of Deuteronomy
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> in june 1789 the third estate disbands and reorganizes itself as the national assembly which sets up a new french government based on representation. storming of bastille july 14 1789. Fearing the national assembly and not trusting his own troops louis xvi hires swiss troops to march on paris and break up the national assembly. French mob stormed the bastille to get valuable ammunition to protect the national assembly. This event marks the beginning of the french revolution. With control of the government the national assembly was able to get louis xvi to agree to the following constitution: A declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen gave basic civil liberties to all men. Confiscated church lands and the church came under control of the government. Monarchy"s power was greatly limited while the elected assembly"s power was the supreme power.
