How did the people in Paris force Louis XVI to agree to the new constitution during the french revolution? (France 14 of July 1789 to 17 of July 1798)

by centrum5555

In two different sources i looked it up about the same is written. here a short summary:

Louis XVI was gathering troops to suppress the riots. The Bastille was stormed. Louis writes 'rien' into his diary. He thought that he will have an easy time suppressing the riots with his army, but only three days later he needed to go to Paris and wear the cockade.

How did the people force him to go to Paris? Where was his army? Why did the army not simply shoot all of them or at least let Louis flee to a real army (hold out until the army arrived)? What the hell happened in those three days (From 14 of July 1789 to 17 of July 1798)?

thanks for reading and maybe providing insight.

mangudai_masque

With my limited knowledge from Georges Lefebvre, Louis XVI had the choice between fleeing to raise new troops or try to compromise. He ended up choosing the latter, probably in part because the troops ha already commanded were not considered reliable - he and others feared that those soldiers would join the revolutionnaries. Also, don't forget that the people who took the Bastille had taken canons and weapons and organised themselves as the "Garde Nationale".

On the 15th, Louis XVI said he would dismiss his troops in front of the National Constituent Assembly. On the 15th he recalled Necker and other ministers, and on the 17th went in Paris and accepted the cockade.