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==The Great Fear==

==The Great Fear==

During the week following the storming of the Bastille, news of events spread to teh rest of France. This led to a panic as to what the response of the nobility would be to the events, The [[Great Fear]] or panic resulted. Many villages defended themselves against imaginary threats by forming peasents militias riots occurred and peasants proceeded to burn wealthy homes.

During the week following the storming of the Bastille, news of events spread to the rest of France. This led to a panic as to what the response of the nobility would be to the events, The [[Great Fear]] or panic resulted. Many villages defended themselves against imaginary threats by forming peasents militias riots occurred and peasants proceeded to burn wealthy homes.

The rural uprising prompted the National Assembly to pass a motion to 'destry the [[feudal]] regime entirely', on the 4th August. However, in order to relase himself a peasent would have to pay twenty times his annual rent to the landlord, making the measure ineffectual.

The rural uprising prompted the National Assembly to pass a motion to 'destry the [[feudal]] regime entirely', on the 4th August. However, in order to relase himself a peasent would have to pay twenty times his annual rent to the landlord, making the measure ineffectual.