MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Versailles
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The Bastille
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Churches
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Noble Estates
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Detailed explanation-1: -On 14 July, the agitated crowd stormed and destroyed the Bastille.
Detailed explanation-2: -The political and financial situation in France had grown rather bleak, forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates General. This assembly was composed of three estates – the clergy, nobility and commoners – who had the power to decide on the levying of new taxes and to undertake reforms in the country.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why was the Estates General of 1789 assembled? The Estates General of 1789 was summoned by the French king to approve new taxes to enable the state to pay its debts.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Storming of the Bastille On the morning of July 14, the people of Paris seized weapons from the armoury at the Invalides and marched in the direction of an ancient Royal fortress, the Bastille. After a bloody round of firing, the crowd broke into the Bastille and released the handful of prisoners held there.
Detailed explanation-5: -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).