HST 211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tennis Court Oath, Feudalism, Wage Labour
23 Mar 2017
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* response to tennis court oath: wants to now appear strong and plot to crush the national assembly (na) * to scare the na, he summons 20,000 french troops to camp near versailles. * to appear ready to crush the na. * dismisses necker again, perceived by na as a hostile act (bc necker was loved by the people) * it appears that all of france is having uprisings. * for this ^ reason, he pulls back on using his army to buy time. * accepts the existence of the na (for now) * since l16 chills, they begin to write the constitution. * but first: they want to make statements about what they want. * the na doesn"t have the power to actually achieve this (but it"s a nice gesture) August 26, 1789 - declaration of rights of man and citizen. * 1st & 2nd estates had privileges that the 3rd didn"t, but rights don"t necessarily get spoken about.
