MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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6000 women from Paris marched on Versailles
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theParisian women broke into the palace at Versailles and killed two guards
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theParisian women forced Louis and Marie Antoinette to come to Paris to see thestarvation
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all of these are true
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Detailed explanation-1: -Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March on Versailles on October 5, 1789. This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rising prices in Paris brought bread riots. By 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn’t. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized that a crisis loomed.
Detailed explanation-3: -In October, 1789 the French Revolution hung in the balance. There was a stand-off between the Constituent Assembly and King Louis XVI at Versailles about who had ultimate authority. Then a large mob led by women tipped the balance against the king.