French revolution
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- Louis XVI opened the session with a speech in which he reviewed the circumstances that had led to the convocation, and what he expected from the Estates General. As a peaceful king, he declared himself “the people’s greatest friend”. May 5, 1789
- the people’s greatest friend.
- The common people swear an oath to not dissband untill there is a new constitution June 20, 1789
- We won't back down
- Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops storm and dismantle the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. July 14, 1789
- The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 26, 1789,
- We now pass the right and man constitution
- Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789.
- The Demonstration of 20 June 1792 was the last peaceful attempt made by the people of Paris to persuade King Louis XVI of France to abandon his current policy and attempt to follow what they believed to be a more empathetic approach to governing.
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