1792 ⟶ National Assembly Declares 'The Nation in Danger'
July 11: As the Austrian army advances slowly toward Paris, ...
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1789
1791
1792
🏛️ Third Estate Declares National Assembly
June 17: On the proposal of Sieyès, the deputies of the Third Estate declare themselves the National Assembly. To ensure popular support, they decree that taxes need only be paid while the Assembly is in session.⟶
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👑 National Assembly Declares King's Inviolability and Suspends Powers
July 15: National Assembly declares the king inviolable, and cannot be put on trial. Louis XVI suspended from his duties until the ratification of a new Constitution.⟶
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🚨 National Assembly Declares 'The Nation in Danger'
July 11: As the Austrian army advances slowly toward Paris, the Assembly declares that the Nation is in danger (La patrie en danger).⟶
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⚔️ Assembly Orders Raising of New Army Battalions
May 5: The Assembly orders the raising of thirty-one new battalions for the army.⟶
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⚔️ National Assembly Orders Army of Volunteers
June 8: The Assembly orders the raising of an army of twenty thousand volunteers to be camped outside Paris.⟶
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🛡️ Assembly Orders Army Units Away from Paris
July 15: The Assembly votes to send regular army units, whose officers largely support Lafayette, far outside the city.⟶
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