MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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leave the city
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storm the Bastille
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force the King to come to Paris
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many peasants responded by arming themselves and mobilising to defend their property. Some went further and engaged in revolutionary violence, taking to the road, looting the châteaux of landed aristocrats and destroying feudal contracts.
Detailed explanation-2: -When the garrison at the Bastille fired upon, and killed many in the crowd attempting to enter, the Parisians responded by rolling up some captured cannons, blowing a hole in the fortress, and storming it. The commander and guards were summarily executed. July 14–Bastille Day–is now the revolutionary holiday.
Detailed explanation-3: -The capture of the Bastille symbolized the end of the ancien regime and provided the French revolutionary cause with an irresistible momentum. In 1792, the monarchy was abolished and Louis and his wife Marie-Antoinette were sent to the guillotine for treason in 1793.