From Bastille Storming To The Flight To Varennes Flashcards
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The great fear
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A period of paranoia during the last weeks of July 1789 where many peasants believed that the French aristocracy and foreign leaders were planning on forcing them back into a state of oppression. Because of this, the peasants stopped paying taxes and tithes and began burning manorial houses and feudal records
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Jean Bailly
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Renowned French scientist who is in the center of the Tennis Court Oath painting and became both the first president of the National Assembly and the new mayor of Paris after the fall of the Bastille in which he presided over the Paris Commune
