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aug 9, 1792 - Insurrectionary Commune formed

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Pétition (Mayor of Paris) called on LA to depose Louis — LA refused. Sans-culottes led by Cordeliers (Danton & Hébert) took control of Hôtel de Ville. Forcibly expelled the bourgeois Commune and established their own revolutionary / insurrectionary Commune. Not legally elected — claimed to speak for 'the people'. Represented the rise of popular, extra-legal power.

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aug 9, 1792
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~ 234 years ago