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The estates thus yielded up were supposed to be enough to supply all State expenses without taxes; but as they could not at once be turned into money, promissory notes, or assignats, were issued. But, as coin was scarce, these were not worth nearly their professed value, and the general distress was thus much increased. THE ESTATES THUS YIELDED UP WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ENOUGH TO SUPPLY ALL STATE EXPENSES WITHOUT TAXES BUT AS THEY COULD NOT AT ONCE BE TURNED INTO MONEY PROMISSORY NOTES OR ASIGNA WERE ISSUED BUT AS COIN WAS SCARCE THESE WERE NOT WORTH NEARLY THEIR PROFESSED VALUE AND THE GENERAL DISTRESS WAS THUS MUCH INCREASED
ouring out of Paris to Versailles, and, after threatening the life of the queen, brought the family back with them to Paris, and kept them almost as prisoners while the Assembly, which followed them to Paris, debated on the new constitution. The nobles were viewed as the worst enemies of the nation, and all over the country there were risings of the peasants, headed by democrats from the towns, who sacked their castles, and often seized their persons. Many fled to England and Germany, and the dread that these would unite and return to bring back the old system continually increased the fury of the people. The Assembly, now known as the Constituent Assembly, swept away all titles and privileges, and no one was henceforth to bear any prefix to his name but citizen; while at the same time the clergy were to renounce all the property of the Church, and to swear that their office and commission was derived from the will of the people alone, and that they owed no obedience save to the State. WHOLE POPULACE CAME POURING OUT OF PARIS TO VERSAILLES AND AFTER THREATENING THE LIFE OF THE QUEEN BROUGHT THE FAMILY BACK WITH THEM TO PARIS AND KEPT THEM ALMOST AS PRISONERS WHILE THE ASSEMBLY WHICH FOLLOWED THEM TO PARIS DEBATED ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION THE NOBLES WERE VIEWED AS THE WORST ENEMIES OF THE NATION AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THERE WERE RISINGS OF THE PEASANTS HEADED BY DEMOCRATS FROM THE TOWNS WHO SANKED THEIR CASTLES AND OFTEN SEIZED THEIR PERSONS MANY FLED TO ENGLAND AND GERMANY AND THE DREAD THAT THESE WOULD UNITE AND RETURN TO BRING BACK THE OLD SYSTEM CONTINUALLY INCREASED THE FURY OF THE PEOPLE THE ASSEMBLY NOW KNOWN AS THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY SWEPT AWAY ALL TITLES AND PRIVILEGES AND NO ONE WAS HENCEFORTH TO BEAR ANY PREFIX TO HIS NAME BUT CITIZEN WHILE AT THE SAME TIME THE CLERGY WERE TO RENOUNCE ALL THE PROPERTY OF THE CHURCH AND TO SWEAR THAT THEIR OFFICE AND COMMISSION WAS DERIVED FROM THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE ALONE AND THAT THEY OWED NO OBEDIENCE SAVE TO THE STATE
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