MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
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Versailles
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the Eiffel Tower
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the Bastille
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On July 14, 1789, fears that King Louis XVI was about to arrest France’s newly constituted National Assembly led a crowd of Parisians to successfully besiege the Bastille, an old fortress that had been used since 1659 as a state prison.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bastille Prison was stormed on 14th of July 1789. It was attacked because they wanted its gunpowder and weapons. The commander of the prison was killed and the seven prisoners inside were all released. The fortress was completely demolished by people.
Detailed explanation-3: -Who stormed the Bastille? The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille were mostly craftsmen and store owners who lived in Paris. They were members of a French social class called the Third Estate. There were around 1000 men who participated in the attack.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bastille was a fortress prison in France. It was a symbol of the despotic powers of King Louis XVI. Hence it was hated all in France. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets.