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National Assembly had laid down a blueprint for a new society and a new political system

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August Decrees on Feudalism (19 decrees made in August 1789)

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Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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the fundamental problem was: Louis XVI had withheld his consent on these two documents

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after all Louis XVI had convened the Estates General to give him advice on the reform necessary to make the kingdom flourish again

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to solve problems of bankruptcy

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the National Assembly not only insisted on governing France in conjunction with him

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it had now articulated a blueprint for a society which repudiated the fundamentals of the way that France had been

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so he withdrew his consent from those two crucial revolutionary statements

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in Paris where was anxiety

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despite the abundant harvest of 1789

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bread prices remained high

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Paris became the center of angry debate

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they were furious when news arrived that army officers in Versailles had shown disrespect for the new revolutionary cockade of the red, white, and blue who had stamped it under foot during a banquet

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the journées of 5-6 October 1789

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six thousand people, mostly women, marched from Paris to Versailles 20 kilometers away

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imagery suggests they were dragging not only weaponry and but wealthy bourgeois "Femmes au chapeau"

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Layfayette's National Guard in its wake

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confronts the National Assembly and the Royal Family

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succeed in

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being admitted to the National Assembly

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forcing Louis XVI to give his consent to these two decrees, as a way of calming the crowd

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forcing him to agree to accompany them back to Paris

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instead of being surrounded by court, he will be surrounded by ordinary people of Paris

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"we are bringing with us the baker, the baker's wife, and the baker's apprentice"

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i.e. Louis XVI as a representative to God is responsible for feeding the people, as in the prayer, "give us this day our daily bread"

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some people thought the revolution was over

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the King had given his consent to those crucial decrees

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a great surge of revolutionary symbols is generated

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people want to find ways of marking what has been achieved

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began referring to the old regime as the "Ancien Régime"

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means in French not only the "old" regime but the "former" regime, or the way that things used to be

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National Assembly decides to demolish the Bastille fortress

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contract to demolish it was won by Pierre-François Palloy

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had the stones themselves carved into representation of the fortress itself as a gift

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sent off to regional administrations in France

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St-Julien-du-Sault

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has a tower that has a stone set into it

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symbolism of the revolution of 1789 takes various forms

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depicts the third estate crushed under the foot of the privileged orders

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depicts peasant men and women giving piggybacks to noble classes claiming, "let's hope this game is soon over"

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third estate members celebrating

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all three estates celebrating together

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a hope of regeneration

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that the three estates will be reunited with the common goal of remaking a France in which all can celebrate