MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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They were locked out of a meeting and wanted to teach the king a lesson.
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They were upset about the increases in price of bread.
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They feared the king would send his army to take down the National Assembly.
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They were trying to write a document for more equality.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Bastille was rumored to be full of political prisoners and was a symbol to many of the oppression of the king. It also had stores of gunpowder that the revolutionaries needed for their weapons. On the morning of July 14, the revolutionaries approached the Bastille.
Detailed explanation-2: -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).
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.