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discuss in detail the outbreak of french revolution

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Outbreak of Revolution

Outbreak of Revolution

Estates General

- Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estate General to increase taxes on 5th May, 1789

- In the meeting, the First & Second Estate were represented by 300 delegates each while the Third Estate was represented by 600 delegates.

- Members of Third Estate demanded that each delegate have one vote instead of the traditional system of each Estate having one vote.

- The King refused this proposal which led to the third Estate walking out in protest.

- They met in an indoor tennis court in the Palace of Versailles on 20th June, and declared themselves a National Assembly.

- They swore to draft a constitution of France that would limit the powers of the monarch. This was called the Tennis Court Oath.

- The National Assembly consisted mostly of the middle class and they wanted to do away with feudal privileges and entitlements.

 

Outbreak of Revolution

- The agitation amongst the people was increasing. A bad harvest had led to a food crisis and the price of bread kept rising.

- The King started moving troops into Paris. This angered the people and they stormed the Bastille prison.

- The peasants of the nation were caught in a frenzy. All over France, chateaux (manors of the feudal lords) were ransacked and destroyed. Hoarded grain was looted and debt documents destroyed.

-The nobles fled from their homes into neighbouring towns or countries.

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