MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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1789
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Detailed explanation-1: -The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until 1794. King Louis XVI needed more money, but had failed to raise more taxes when he had called a meeting of the Estates General. This instead turned into a protest about conditions in France.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -In 1789 Nationalism came with the French Revolution and the political and constitutional changes led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens. The social conditions in France in the late 18th century were extremely unequal and exploitative.
Detailed explanation-4: -The French Revolution of 1789 stood for the ideas of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity.