d regime and to declare in the Declaration of Rights of Man of August 26, 1789 that "all men are born and remain free in regard to rights" (Hunt 78). Lucas says one immediate effect of the peasant revolts and the murders in Paris in July of two royal officials was to reinforce calls within the Assembly among constitutional monarchists "for the creation of new municipal governments and national guards with the purpose of controlling the crowd" (445).
The popular upheaval of October 1789 which led to the march on Versailles and the escort of the King back to Paris by the National Guard and a large crowd was relatively peaceful, except for t
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