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French Revolution

These events effectively ended the independent authority of the king. The march symbolized a new balance of power that displace the ancient privileged orders of the aristocracy and favored the nation's common people, collectively termed the Third Estate. Bringing together people representing disparate sources of the Revolution in their largest numbers yet, the march on Versailles proved to be a defining moment of that Revolution.

March on Versailles

The Women's March on Versailles, also known as the October March, The October Days, or simple The March on Versailles, was one the earliest and most significant events of the French Revolution. The march began among women in the ...

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The crown besieged the palace and in a dramatic and violent confrontation they successfully pressed their demands upon King Louis XVI. The next day, the crowd compelled the king, his royal family, and the entire French Assembly to return with them to Paris.

War with Austria

The politics of the period inevitably drove France towards war with Austria and its allies. The King, the Feuillants and the Girondins specifically wanted to wage war. The King (and many Feuillants with him) expected war would increase his personal popularity; he also foresaw an opportunity to exploit any defeat: either result would make him stronger. The Girondins wanted to export the Revolution throughout Europe and, by extension, to defend the Revolution within France. Only some of the radical Jacobins opposed war, preferring to consolidate and expand the Revolution at home. The Austrian emperor Leopold II, brother of Marie Antoinette, may have wished to avoid war, but he died on 1 March 1792. France ...

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Added: 9/25/2012 05:04:29 AM
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