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