MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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The 3rd estate
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The angry clergy
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The angry Fish women of Paris
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The national Assembly
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Detailed explanation-1: -The march began among women in the marketplaces of Paris who, on the morning of 5 October 1789, were nearly rioting over the high price of bread.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 5 October 1789, crowds of Parisian market women marched on Versailles, demanding reforms. They besieged the palace and forced King Louis XVI of France (r. 1774-1792) to return with them to Paris.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The royals leave Versailles forever. On the afternoon of October 6th the king, his family, his royal retinue and several deputies to the Assembly departed Versailles for Paris. Their carriages were accompanied by the crowd, the procession numbering between 30, 000 and 40, 000 people.
Detailed explanation-5: -Departure of the King, 1789 6 October 1789. Having started in Versailles in May 1789, the French Revolution saw its first concrete act here in October of the same year with the departure of the king.