“Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon” S:1 E:8 Peasant Revolt and the Abolition of Feudalism

S:1 E:8 Peasant Revolt and the Abolition of Feudalism In the weeks after the storming of the Bastille, panic gripped the countryside. Peasants revolted against their lords, and rumors about grain hoarding, bandits, and foreign invasion swirled around France. Amid this “Great Fear of 1789,” the National Assembly met and dismantled the feudal system as the political revolution morphed into a radical social revolution.