THE DAILY REVOLUTION

Austin Musgrove Per. 2

Table Of Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. March for Bread and Blood March for Bread and Blood (continued) The National Assembly The Storming of the Bastille Letter regarding: Declaration of the Rights of Man Cartoon of Lifestyles of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette Bibliography

March for Bread and Blood

5 October 1789

In Paris today, I found that the women in the market place were starting to become angry and unsettled at the price of the bread being sold there. Even after the new tennis court oath that was taken at the recent national assembly and the fall of the Bastille, bread remained in short supply and still at a very expensive. There were also rumors floating about the crowd saying that the royal family was hoarding, or keeping all of the grain in their estate at Versailles. A mob of mostly women roughly made of about seven thousand people started to march to the palace of Versailles. This mob was made of mostly working class women. They unbelievably started to chant songs about killing Marie Antoinette, whom this mob of angry and hungry women blamed for the short stock and high prices of the bread. While marching, the women roared as aloud as a mighty lion, Bread! Death to the Austrian! (Referring to Marie Antoinette). Luckily for king Louis XVI and his wife Marie Antoinette, one of king Louiss courtiers was in the town when the mob started to take shape and chanting for Maries blood. The courtier ran to Versailles and warned the royal family of the mob on its way. By the time the angry mob reached Versailles, it had grown by the tens of thousands. In the early hours of the morning, the broke into the palace, killing two guards and then stuck the guards severed heads on pikes. This was a horrific site to behold. The Queen had escaped the mob by hiding away in the Kings bedroom. The mob the gathered in the court yard demanding for Marie to come out. When she finally did, the crowd calmed down because of her bravery. However the crowd still demanded bread and the movement of the royal family to Paris. There was nothing the

royal family could do about this demand and lost exceptional power because of it. This mob of women should that the working class of the third estate should not be taken lightly. -Austin Musgrove

The National Assembly

30 May 1789 The estates general had failed to fully represent the equality that the third estate needs. Both the clergy and the nobles can out vote whatever the third estate votes on. Shuttle diplomacy between the three estates continued until the representative of the third estate started to meet on their own, thus calling themselves the Communes. They proceed with their own verification of powers independently. Some nobles and most of the clergy gradually joined them. This new body became called the National Assembly. It was not an assembly representing the three estates, but was composed of the people. The Assembly assumed positions over taxes and food shortages, dealing with these problems. By doing this they restored confidence of keeping the Assembly in session. After Jacques Necker, finance minister to Louis XVI, was fired because of proposing that the two top estates, the clergy and the nobles, be taxed in order to pay off debts, King Louis was no longer interested in Neckers ideas and decided to go to the Assembly in order to command separation of the orders. He then ordered the Salle des tats, the hall where the National Assembly held its meetings, to be closed. However the Assembly did not do as Louis had thought. They went to a near by tennis court and took the famous tennis court oath. They promised to not separate until France acquired a new constitution. -Austin Musgrove

Fall of the Bastille

30 June 1789 We here at the Daily Revolution believe that the fall of the Bastille was glorious. It was a momentous event for the people of France. The need for gunpowder was great since the armies were coming to Paris and we the people needed to arm our selves against them. As soon as the people broke through the gait, the prison was ours. The Bastille stood as a symbol for royal tyranny. De Launay had been stabbed several times, and then his head severed and paraded on a pike throughout the streets. The three officers of the Bastille garrison then joined De Launays fate. The King had become aware of the outcome and ordered the national army surrounding the city to disperse. -The Daily Revolution

Regarding: The Declaration of the Rights of Man

1 April 1789 The declaration of the rights of man is a document defining the individual rights of all of the estates as universal. It was influenced by the doctrine of natural right; it is valid at all times and everywhere. It establishes fundamental rights for the French citizens and all the members of the social body. However it does not address the status of women, slavery, or the king. By this, the document remains to say that all are equal and should share the same punishments and rights. The ideas behind the declaration come from philosophical and political principles from the Age of Enlightenment. Some of these include the social contract theorized by the French philosopher, Jean-Jacque Rousseau. It also includes the separation of powers detailed by the Baron de Montesquieu. This French declaration was heavily influenced by philosophy of the Enlightenment. Mostly by the principles of human rights, some which was shared with the U.S. Declaration of Independence. It is in the spirit of natural law, rights granted to a person at birth. They have certain rights to property to liberty and to life. And in according to these rights the role of government is to recognize and protect these rights. The article presented by your newspaper disagreed with the facts above. In your article the author wrote that the declaration of the rights of man was immoral. The author had also stated how this declaration did not help the revolution and in fact was going to destroy it. These statements were in themselves immoral. The declaration ensured the citizens of France these rights so the monarchy could not take them away. These rights helped to limit the monarchys power, helping in the revolution. -Concerned Citizen

Bibliography

Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor. World History The Modern World. Prentice Hall, 2007. Print.

"National Assembly (French Revolution)." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assembly_(French_Revolution)>.

"The Women's March on Versailles." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 15 Feb. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Women's_March_on_Versailles>.