USA HISTORY

MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What happened on July 14, Bastille Day?
A
Robespierre was executed by guillotine
B
French women marched all the way to Versailles
C
A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder
D
All of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -3: The Storming of the Bastille. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille became a symbol of the abuse of the monarchy. Its fall on July 14, 1789 was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -storming of the Bastille, iconic conflict of the French Revolution. 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-5: -Note: The storming was done primarily by the residents of Saint Antoine and the agitated crowd killed the governor of the Bastille. Seven prisoners were released from the jail and all the gunpowder, which the crowd aimed for, was procured.

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