CHAPTER III.

THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES, 1789.

May 5, 1789. Meeting of the States General 33 Relation of the King to the Revolution 33 Question whether the States were to sit as one or as three chambers left undecided 33 Evil consequences of the Royal policy 34 Character and policy of Mirabeau 35 Title of National Assembly adopted by the Third Estate 37 Excitement and disorder in Paris 38 Louis takes part with the Upper Orders 39 June 20. Tennis Court Oath 40 Royal Sitting of June 23 40 The States constituted as one Chamber 41 July 14. The fall of the Bastille 43 Establishment of a Municipality and of a National Guard in Paris 46 Visit of Louis to the Capital 47 Risings in the Provinces 48 Decrees of August 4 49 Composition of the Assembly 51 The Reactionary Right 51 The Right Centre 52 The Centre and Left 52 The Extreme Left 53 Causes giving ascendency to the Left 54 Policy of Mirabeau 56 Declaration of the Rights of Man 58 New Constitution; Legislature to be formed of one House; Veto given to the King 58 Scarcity of Bread 59 Character of the National Guard of Paris 60 October 6. The King and Queen brought to Paris 60