of support poured into the Assembly from Paris and other French cities. On 9 July 1789, the Assembly, reconstituting itself as the National Constituent Assembly, addressed the king in polite but firm terms, requesting the removal of the troops (which now included foreign regiments, who showed far greater obedience to the king than did his French troops), but Louis declared that he alone could judge the need for troops, and assured them that the troops had deployed strictly as a precautionary measure. Louis "offered" to move the assembly to Noyon or Soissons: that is to say, to place it between two armies and deprive it of the support of the Parisian people. Public outrage over this troop presence precipitated the Storming of the Bastille, beginning the next phase of the Revolution. See also List of members of the National Constituent Assembly of 1789 References Further reading Jon Elster. 2020. France before 1789: The Unraveling of an Absolutist Regime. Princeton University Press External links History of the National Assembly National Assembly (French Revolution) 1789 events of the French Revolution Constituent assemblies France Historical legislatures in France