HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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Why did the fish women march on Versailles?
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to get equality
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to take control of the government
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to get weapons
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to protest the price of bread
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -They complained over the high price and scant availability of bread, marching from Paris to Versailles. Their demonstrations quickly became intertwined with the purposes of revolutionaries who were seeking political reforms and a constitution for France.
Detailed explanation-2: -On the morning of October 5, 1789, a large group of women in a Paris marketplace began to revolt. They wanted to buy bread for their families. They began to march through Paris demanding bread at a fair price. As they marched, more people joined the group and soon there were thousands of marchers.
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