CAS HI 266 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Patriottentijd, Great Fear, Cordeliers
30 Jul 2018
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The fall of the bastille: economic unrest outside of versaille, peasantry are becoming politicized as well, rumors of counter-revolution are going around because the king brought in troops to. Paris: mirabeau convinces the national assembly to request that the king disperse the troops in paris instead of calling more. Dismisses necker and a conservative cabinet is appointed (11 july 1789: pillaging of saint-lazare (13 july 1789, main response of the people is the search for weapons. Found guns at the invalides but no powder: national assembly fearful of being arrested by the king, call upon the king again to withdraw troops and called for a citizen"s guard instead of troops. National assembly calls their own citizens guard (800 men per province: people go to bastille to get powder for their guns. Denied them powder because there was no order from the king. Crowd prepared to break into the bastille.
