USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille to:
A
Made demands on the king
B
Become part of the Second Estate
C
Get the gunpowder stored there
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On July 12, royal authorities transferred 250 barrels of gunpowder to the Bastille, and Launay brought his men into the massive fortress and raised its two drawbridges. At dawn on July 14, a great crowd armed with muskets, swords, and various makeshift weapons began to gather around the Bastille.

Detailed explanation-2: -On July 14, 1789, thousands of Parisians stormed the prison to protest King Louis XVI’s abuse of power. It was a defining moment of the revolution that toppled the monarchy. When angry commoners stormed the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, they struck a blow against one of the monarchy’s most forbidding symbols.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 14 July 1789, a state prison on the east side of Paris, known as the Bastille, was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob. The prison had become a symbol of the monarchy’s dictatorial rule, and the event became one of the defining moments in the Revolution that followed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The French Revolution. The Storming of the Bastille by Jean-Pierre Houël, 1789, depicts the crowd fighting to take hold of the fortress, where gunpowder was kept.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.

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