October Days Flashcards
1
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October Days
A
5-6 October 1789
2
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Causes of the October Days (3)
A
1) Flanders regiment meets with the King, who hosts a massive banquet for them
2) Women protesting at the Hotel de Ville hear about this, immediately outraged
3) No ratification of DORMAC and August Decrees led to doubts about Louis’ acceptance of the revolution
3
Q
How many women marched to Versailles
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Around 8000, along with 20,000 members of the National Guard to keep order
4
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Significance of the October Days (3)
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1) Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette is relocated to Paris, where he becomes a prisoner of his own people
2) The popular movement achieved social and political change through direct action
3) Showed that the crowd was willing to act against the assembly for its own goals
