their fair share of taxes. This is when Feudalism ended. On August 26 the Assembly issued a historic "Declaration of the Rights of Man," which proclaimed that " all men, being born equal, should have equal rights"? The Assembly also declared its support for " Liberty (right to do whatever does not harm another, property, security, and the right to resist oppression. All citizens shared in the making of laws either by person or his elected representative. Power of the government was to be separated.On October 4, news had spread that troops reached Versailles and trampled a tricolor flag resulting in another outbreak of violence. The National Guard led by Lafayette and the citizens invaded the National Assembly chanting, "Bread" because bread and other foods were still scarce at this time. Louise XVI was forced to sign the decrees of August 4 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. The next day the crowd got the Royal family and told them that they have the baker and his family and they still were demanding bread. The king lived in terror for the rest of his life. Ten days later the National Assembly moved to Paris and nobody ever dared to challenge the Paris mob again.As you see there were many changes in the summer of1789. It went from a political and economic crisis, starvation, taxation, and no freedom for the common people and changed through violence, the actions of the King and the scarcity of bread. Feudalism had ended, every man had freedom and equal rights, the standard of living was better, equal and low taxation, and laws had changed drastically. Life in this era took a total 180-degree turn over the course of the summer making a better life for the people of France except for the King who had no more power or authority....
