GK
WORLD HISTORY
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Execution of the King and Queen
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The fall of Bastille on 14th july, 1789
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Mass execution by the guillotine in 1792
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The meeting of the state’s General on 17th june, 1789
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Detailed explanation-1: -The storming of the Bastille symbolically marked the beginning of the French Revolution, in which the monarchy was overthrown and a republic set up based on the ideas of ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’ (the French for liberty, equality and brotherhood).
Detailed explanation-2: -While the National Assembly was busy at Versailles drafting a constitution, After spending hours in long queues at the bakery, crowds of angry women stormed into the shops. At the same time, the king ordered troops to move into Paris. On 14 July, the agitated crowd stormed and destroyed the Bastille.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why did they storm the Bastille? Rising bread prices, the concentration of foreign soldiers around Paris, and counter-revolutionary measures by the king, such as the dismissal of Jacques Necker, caused the people of Paris to riot. Searching for weapons and gunpowder led the mob to the Bastille.