oct 5, 1789 - October Days

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- **Flanders Regiment —> trained soldier regiment**
- they are sent to Paris
- this shows the opposition that the King is planning to shut the national assembly down and end the revolution
- this angers the Third Estate in Paris
- this is the start of women rising up against the king and the Flanders regiment, where they march against the supression of the revolution


- **Newspapers**
- desmoulins —> makes his name with the press
- he is known for advocating for the revolution through the press
- the press starts to be established
- a lot of it is propaganda and untrue
- one fake news story —> Flanders regiment trampled the Parisan cockade

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