Women's March to Versailles
5 October 1789
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
debated and adopted 20-26 August 1789
Decrees of 4 August
4 August 1789
Louis wears the tricolour cockade and is welcomed by the people
11 July 1789
how many women marched to versailles?
6000
according to who was there violent incidents against individual deputies inside and outside the assembly
Timothy Tackett
lafayette
leader of the National Guard
coming back from versailles the crowds shouted
"long live the baker! Long live the baker's wife and son!"
assembly Decree on Martial Law that
21 October 1789
plan to go north-east to find loyal troops then be able to get help from Austria.
from 1790
royal family attempts to attend the Eastern Mass at Saint Claud
April 1791
Emperor of Austria
Leopold II
King of Spain
Charles IV
Civil Constitution of the Clergy
12 July 1790
clerical oath
27 November 1790
plan developed
May and June 1791
Flight to Varennes
20-21 June 1791
Champ de Mars Massacre
17 July 1791
the cordeliers supported
direct democracy
the participation of people in the electoral and legislative process
the right to protest through a revolutionalry crowd
that the 'active citizens' were the common people
The petition:
Demanded louis xvi's abdication.
Declared that the nation was "outraged" by the assembly's decision to "entrust the control of the realm to a perjurer, traitor and fugitive."
how many people were at the champ de mars
50,000
how many were killed and injured at the champ de mars
50 killed, 12 wounded
one thousand constitutional monarchists led by Joseph Barnave resigned from the Jacobin club, forming the feuillant club.
16 July 1791
Sans culottes
urban workers, shop keepers and artisans who supported the revolution.
King accepted constitution and · declared "then revolution is over."
14 september 1791,
Robespierre
member of the national assembly and leader of the jacobin club.
Desmoulini
writer and co founder of cordeliers club
Danton
co founder of cordeliers club, later minister of justice
The Option of International War
20 April 1792
increased discussion of war
late 1791
brissotin/cirondin campaign for war strengthened.
end of 1791
Austria signed a military alliance with Prussia against revolutionary France.
february 1791
king was forced to replace pacifist ministers with pro-war (roland, dumouriez).
march 1792
French declared war against Austria
20 April 1792
measures during war
All foreigners in paris were put under surveillance.
Kings bodyguards were disbanded.
Regular solidiers were ordered out of paris.
20,000 national guards from the provinces were ordered in.
Sections of paris organised a demonstration for
20 june 1792
the assembly declared the homeland in danger
11 July 1792
Duke of Branswick (Prussian duke) mamifesto
Declared the population of Paris personally responsible for the royal family
25 July 1792
Capture of Verdun
2 September 1792, 140km from the last fortified town before paris
The End of the Monarchy
10 August 1792
The revolutionary commune carefully planned and widely announced mobilisation of paris through the night of
9th - 10th August.
the sections voted to replace the Paris Commune with an Insurrectionary Commune.
9th August 1792
At the Tuileries Palace Louis had 900 mercenary Swiss guards, 700 royalist volunteers, and 2000 National Guards
300 defenders were killed and 500 swiss guards were slaughtered.
attackers killed
400
The Assembly established a special "Committee of Vigilance (first measure of terror)
17 August 1792
Barnave and other Feuillant leaders were arrested, and later executed.
August 19
The September Massacres
2-6 September 1792
Austrian Army was gaining control of France.
2 September 1792
Rumours
"prisoners are full of conspirator."
Marat
writer, newspaper: People's Friend
People's Friend puplished
"prisoners would escape and take over Paris until the Austrians would arrive"
2700 prisoners, how many killed?
1200 prisoners were killed (240 priests).
Princess de Lambelle
famous victim of september massacres, friend of marie antoinette
Roland
minister of interior
girodins
horrified by bloodlust of september and saw sans-culottes as killers.
Sans-culottes
saw the massacre as a legitimate means of defending the revolution against its enemies to save paris.