Transcript March-of-Versailles

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The march on Versailles's main purpose was
to obtain bread and force the price of bread
down to where it had been.
Versailles was also known as a great big
paradise where there were a lot of parties
held and the King did nothing but hunt and
have fun. It was a very huge surprise to have
all of these working class people march into
the palace and demand bread from the King.
Maire Antoniette’s famous saying “Let them
eat cake”
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Bread was the main diet of the French people
at this time.
The people had so much trouble trying to get
food, that at Versailles, a mad crowd of
people killed a baker who was trying to sell
his bread at 18 sous [French money], which
was very costly for the people. This incident
showed exactly how much bread meant to
the people in Paris.
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6000 Women joined the march
The women were armed with pitch forks,
muskets, pikes, swords, bludgeons, crowbars,
and scythes as they marched through the
rain. When the women reached Versailles,
they stormed through the gates
The King was scared and overwhelmed by
group of people that stood before him.
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The king gave into the women's
demands. He then told the women that
he would have all of the bread in
Versailles ordered out to them.
The King decided to move his court to
Paris
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