HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Maximilien Robespierre, France 2, Book Of Deuteronomy
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> in june 1789 the third estate disbands and reorganizes itself as the national assembly which sets up a new french government based on representation. storming of bastille july 14 1789. Fearing the national assembly and not trusting his own troops louis xvi hires swiss troops to march on paris and break up the national assembly. French mob stormed the bastille to get valuable ammunition to protect the national assembly. This event marks the beginning of the french revolution. The constitution was adopted in 1792 and the national assembly disbands in favor of an elected legislative assembly it faced many problems but most of all it faced vetting political ideas and lack of french unity. Centrists supported the idea of a limited monarchy. * in 1792, it was learned that louis xvi and his wife were planning to invite prussian and austria to attack france in order to restore them as rulers.
