### == Contributing Factors ==

The dismissal of Necker on July 11th
	- Popular with the 3rd Estate, contributed to the fall of the Bastille
Famine in France
	- Crops failed in the "Little Ice Age"
	- Bread prices rose by over 88%, people were forced to spend most of their income to eat
		- Fueled anger towards nobles and taxation

### == The Great Fear ==

The Third Estate developed conspiracy theories about the famine
The National Assembly met to stop the spreading chaos on August 4th, 1789
	- Prearranged for several nobles to give up their feudal rights
		- Made all French Citizens equal
		- Abolished the ancien regime

### == Establishing Equality ==

On August 25th, the National Assembly published the Declaration of the Rights of Man
	- Based in part on earlier American documents
		- All men free and equal
		- Due process of law, innocent until proven guilty
		- Freedom of religion
		- Right to property

### == Women Take Action ==

Louis XVI hesitated to ratify the new changes
October 5th, 1789 - 6000 armed women marched to Versailles demanding bread
	- They refused to leave until the king returned with them to Paris

### == New Constitution, New Government ==

Needed to fulfill the Tennis Court Oath
Cosntitution of 1791
	- Limited monarchy
		- Could veto, but not halt legislation
	- Legislative Assembly with power
		- Make all laws
		- Collect taxes
		- Decide on issues of war and peace
	- Voting 
	- Rights for tax-paying males over 25
	- Created 83 departments
	- Uniform courts, outlawed outdated punishment
	- Only propertied males may vote
Olympe de Gougues outraged women were not included
	- Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women

### == Solving the Financial Crisis ==

Much of the French debt was owed to the bourgeoisie
	- The national assembly (largely made of the bourgeoisie) worked to solve the financial crisis
		- One solution - take over and sell church lands
The Civil Constitution of the Clergy
	- Bishops and priests became elected, salaried officials
		- Ended papal authority in France
	- Required clergy to take an oath
		- Many refused, people were forced to choose between religion and revolution

### == Louis' Escape Attempt ==

June 1791: the King and his family tried to flee Paris
	- Disguised as servants, made it as far as Varennes
	- Discovered when he was compared to French currency
	- Appeared to be a traitor
		- The constitutional monarchy would not last

### == The French Plague ==

Emigres: over 16000 aristocrats that left France
	- Spoke with other leaders about their harrowing lives in France
	- Caused other European monarchs to turn againt the French revolution
		- Feared it would spread to their lands
		- Anticipated escalating violence
The Declaration of Pilnitz
	- Issued by Austria and Prussia
		- Claimed they would intervene to protect the monarchy if the other European powers agreed