4-4. Revolution is an Insurrection
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By June 1789, what was initially convened as the Estates General had recast itself as the National Assembly. The King tried to prevent the Assembly Deputies from meeting. They defied the attempt and met in the King's Tennis Court. There they all took the Tennis Court Oath vowing to continue and never disperse. In July 1789, a Paris mob stormed and took the Bastille.
The Chinse Communist Party published the "16 Articles" in August 1966. The Articles publicly explained the Culture Revolution's purpose and its implementation. The first iteration of the Student Red Guards, emboldened and supported by Chairman Mao, came into existence. The Red Guards became violent and destructive.