THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
NAPOLEONIC WARS
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Question
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Robespierre was executed
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French women marched to Versailles
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A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -From history.com, Bastille Day: “Bastille Day is a holiday celebrating the storming of the Bastille-a military fortress and prison-on July 14, 1789, in a violent uprising that helped usher in the French Revolution.
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: -If there is one event not to miss in Paris, it is the French national holiday! This festive occasion brings people together and offers 2 days of exceptional free entertainment: a military parade, cultural programme, an outdoor operatic concert, and most of all, breathtaking fireworks.