constitutional monarchy

Question 1

what happened in the champ de mars massacre?

Answer 1

• 11th july 1791 50k people came to champ de mars to sign a republican petition
• the next day the feast of federation was held on the field
• lafeyette and the national guard fired on the peaceful crowd
• commune declared martial law remained in place
• first clash between the 3rd estate and national assembly
• feulliants and moderates became more determined to reach a deal with the king. the feulliants contrilled paris and the assmebly

Question 2

what happened in the flight to varennes?

Answer 2

• louis appeared as though he was supportive of the revolution
• religion stopped him: he avoided mass by the clergy who had taken the clerical oath
• he was basically a prisoner in paris and couldnt go to saint cloud for easter
• 20th june the royal family left paris in disguise but they were stopped in varenne and brought back to paris

Question 3

what were the consequences of the flihht to varenne?

Answer 3

• louis no longer seemed to understood the changes that had taken place since 1789
• republicanism grew
• many no longer trusted louis
• possibility of a constitutional monarchy was in doubt