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WORLD HISTORY
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When French women stormed the palace.
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A period of mass executions.
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Storming of the French prison.End of the French Revolution.
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Peasants storm a French prison. Beginning of French Rev.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 14 1789 the Paris mob, hungry due to a lack of food from poor harvests, upset at the conditions of their lives and annoyed with their King and Government, stormed the Bastille fortress (a prison). This turned out to be more symbolic than anything else as only four or five prisoners were found.
Detailed explanation-2: -On July 14, 1789, a Paris mob stormed the Bastille, they hoped to free prisoners at the Bastille, as it was traditionally a fortress in which political prisoners were held.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Storming of the Bastille took place in Paris, France on July 14, 1789. This violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution. What was the Bastille? The Bastille was a fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years’ War.