NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The French government had financial problems

King Louis XVI called a meeting to try to solve them
3rd Estate thinks it unfair
Since they wouldn’t have a prayer.
They decided not to vote
And took the Tennis Court Oath
The N. Assembly was created
And Parisians stormed the prison that they hated
They stole a lot of weapons
And taught the king a lesson
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In 1789, King Louis XVI called a meeting of the Estates-General. It was the first meeting
of the Estates-General called since 1614. He called the meeting because the French
government was having fin
ancial problems.

June 20, 1789, National Assembly members take Tennis Court Oath, pledging to create
a new constitution
July 14 Mob of Parisian citizens storms Bastille prison and confiscated weapons
July 20 Rural violence of Great Fear breaks out; peasants lash out at feudal landlords
for several weeks
August 4 August Decrees release peasants and farmers from feudal contracts
August 26 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen issued
October 5 Parisian women march to Versailles in response to a food crisis
February 1790 Government confiscates church property
July 12 Civil Constitution of the Clergy issued

People
Louis XVI​ - French king; was forced to accept August Decrees and Declaration of the

Rights of Man and of the Citizen when angry mob of women stormed Versailles in 1789

Jacques Necker​ - Director general of finance sacked by Louis XVI in 1789; public

outrage prompted his reinstatement

Marquis De Lafayette​ - Nobleman who sided with National Assembly and created

French National Guard

During the French Revolution, the National Assembly (French: Assemblée Nationale),
which existed from June 17 to July 9, 1789, was a transitional body between the
Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly.
The National Assembly was the first revolutionary government of the French Revolution
and existed from June 14th to July 9th in 1789. The National Assembly was created
amidst the turmoil of the ​Estates-General that ​Louis XVI called in 1789 to deal with the
looming economic crisis in France. Unfortunately, the three estates could not decide
how to vote during the Estates-General and the meeting failed.

Angered with the inaction of the Estates-General and upset with their position in French
society, many of the third estate representatives left the meeting and gather in a nearby
tennis court to take the ​Tennis Court Oath​. It was here that the third estate established
the National Assembly, the new revolutionary government, and pledged "not to
separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of
the kingdom is established."

Although the National Assembly was originally made up of mostly members

of the third estate, many clergy and nobility representatives soon joined as
anger for the monarchy of Louis XVI spread. After July 9th, the National
Assembly formed into the National Constituent Assembly, which would last
until September 30th, 1791.

The National Constituent Assembly is best remembered for passing the

Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen​ in August of 1789. The
declaration was written by Marquis de Lafeyette, a French military officer
who fought in the American Revolution and was inspired by the ideals of
liberty expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was vitally
important to the French Revolution because it directly challenged the
authority of Louis XVI.
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