Reveillon Riots Flashcards
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Réveillon Riots
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26-29 April 1789
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Causes of the riots
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1) Winter of 1788 exacerbated tensions for food
2) Rising unemployment due to the harvest crisis
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Adcock - Réveillon Riots
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‘one of the first examples of revolutionary action by the Parisian crowd - a rehearsal for the actions of 14 July’
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Significance
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Showed the extent of violence that people would resort to
Crowds stormed his house and factory, looting anything they could find
