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5th May 1789

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Meeting of the Estates General

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17th June 1789

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Declaration of the National Assembly

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20th June 1789

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Tennis Court Oath

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14th July 1789

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Storming of the Bastille

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Cahier de doléances

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List of grievances that each Estate drew up in preparation for the summoning of the Estates-General in 1789 - many demanded new constitution

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Abbie Sieyes and Comte de Mirabeau

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Third estate deputies during the meeting of the Estates-General that came from other states

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Declaration of the National Assembly

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Third Estate separates and declares themselves as a new body representing great sets proportion of the french people - joined by First Estate two days later, led to the Tennis Court Oath

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Tennis Court Oath

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Third estate found hall to locked - appeared the king was preventing them from entering = convened in a tennis court in a statement of defiance (led by Mirabeau) and swore a collective oath that France would have a new constitution with or without the king

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Séance royale

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Called by Louis on the 23rd of June in an attempt to regain control - agreed to abolition of the letters de cachet, freedom of press and new taxation YET refused to accept National Assembly - Third Estate deputies refused to be dismissed, joined by other Estates = Louis forced to legitimise National Assembly (led to Louis using military force to reassert authority)

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when Necker invited writers to suggest how the EG should be organised and directed what senior Clergyman was prominent ?

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Abbe Seyes - ‘ what is the third estate’ , arguing the responsibility the 3rd estate take on but the lack of political equality they had

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why was the EG system flawed ?

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  • they counted votes by estate not by head

- 1st and 2nd always held simular views meaning 3rd were outvoted almost every time

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What was the Tennis Court Oath?

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A pledge made by the members of France’s National Assembly in 1789, in which they vowed to continue meeting until they had drawn up a new constitution

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Tensions leading to storming of the Bastille

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High bread prices!!, Louis’s dismissal of Necker on 11th July (due to sympathisers with 3rd e) and incited by radical speakers at Palais Royal - turning point when Louis ordered to troops to be moved to Paris and Versailles, causing great anger and alarm

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which radical speakers at Palais ROyal further incited ppl

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Duc D’orleans and Camille Desmoulines = demonstartions began turning violent = parisisans armed themselvede and attacked customs posts

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The parisians demonstraters turned their attention to

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bastille = Medieval fort and prison in Paris that was seen as a symbol of despotism and absolute monarchy - also stored significant amount of gunpowder (liberated 7 prisoners when stormed on the 14th July) = became the most enduring symbol of the revolution

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Significance of the storming of the Bastille

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Showed that Louis had lost control of the streets of Paris and political assemblies,

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Paris Commune

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Government council established by bourgeoisie in an attempt to regain control after Louis failed to subdue unrest

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National Guard

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Established by Paris Commune following storming of the Bastille, commanded by Lafayette