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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It is a symbol of the king and everything wrong with France
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It would end the revolution in France
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The Nobles were hiding there
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They were following the orders of Napoleon
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bastille was a fortress prison in France. It was a symbol of the despotic powers of King Louis XVI . Hence it was hated all in France. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the time, the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy’s abuse of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -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).
Detailed explanation-4: -On the afternoon of 14 July 1789, the agitated crowd stormed the Bastille fort and destroyed it because it was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy. And the revolutionist wanted the ammunition for the revolution which was kept in the fort. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
Detailed explanation-5: -On July 14 1789 the Paris mob, hungry due to a lack of food from poor harvests, upset at the conditions of their lives and annoyed with their King and Government, stormed the Bastille fortress (a prison).