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What is the great fear of french revolulation |
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Answer» The Great Fear was a general panic that occurred between 17 July and 3 August 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring, and fueled by the rumors of an aristocrat "famine plot" to starve or burn out the population, peasant and town people mobilized in many regions.In response to rumors, fearful peasants armed themselves in self-defense and, in some areas, attacked manor houses.The content of the rumors differed from region to region - in some areas it was believed that a foreign force were burning the crops in the fields while in other areas it was believed that bandits were burning buildings.Fear of the peasant revolt was a deciding factor in the decision to abolish feudalism. Great Fear, French Grande Peur, (1789) in the French Revolution, a period of panic and riot by peasants and others amid rumours of an “aristocratic conspiracy” by the king and the privileged to overthrow the Third Estate. The gathering of troops around Paris provoked insurrection, and on July 14 the Parisian rabble seized the Bastille. In the provinces the peasants rose against their lords, attacking châteaus and destroying feudal documents. To check the peasants, the National Constituent Assembly decreed the abolition of the feudal regime and introduced the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. |
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