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Yes, it's a French holiday. Think of it as the 4th of July for the French. Bastille Day represents the French Revolution in 1789 against the tyranny of King Louis XVI, who had brought upon starvation and injustice to the people. The classes were separated by too big of a margin, and on the 14th the people began to riot and stormed the famous French prison, la Bastille, releasing those prisoners taken by the King and arming themselves against their own government. In the end, they cut off his head.
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ReneIn France, the 14th of July is called "Bastille day" or "le quatorze juillet" (or Fête Nationale).
It commemorates a celebration in 1790, which itself honored the day in 1789 when the Bastille prison was stormed by a mob, marking the event as the beginning of the French Revolution. The citizens were reportedly only looking for ammunition in the fortress, but it was also a symbol of Royal authority in Paris.
Bastille day is all about when the peasants of France revolted against the authorities by storming the Bastille, a prison for political prisoners on 7th July 1789. The peasants were able to enter and overtake the building not because it wasn't well enough guarded or strong enough (It had extremly thick walls and there were lots of soldiers there) but because the governer of the Bastille at the time was useless at making desicions and so non of the soldiers knew what to do. Because of this, when the peasants demanded to be let in, the guards opened the door and let them walk right in!
The Storming ofthe Bastille is seen as the beginning of the French Revolution and there is a big celebration in France every year on the 7th July.
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What are facts about the storming of the Bastille and the Tennis Court Oath?
This was a very dramatic event and a lot of people got killed. There are no "fun" facts to be mentioned. -- Answer-- 1. The Bastille was both and amoury and a prison for upper class political prisoners.. 2. Most of the prison guards were retired soldiers and not young men.. 3. There were only 8 prisoners on the day of the storming and all were released. 4. The French decided to storm the Bastile because they feared the King's soldiers would killed them and stop the uprise.. Remember the Bastile was an amoury and had guns and gun powder. 5. The Bastille did not have an source of water and only had enough food for two days. 6. The French people decided to destroy the Bastille however they didn't have machinery so they tore it down by hand.. *NOTE the Bastille was a huge keep (fort) with some stones bigger than a car
What popular protest would play a role in the french revolution?
the fall of the bastilleMost would point to the Storming of the Bastille (in 1789), but there were other "popular" protests before that. Perhaps the refusal by members of the Third Estate to accept traditional rules for voting in the Estates General--and then walking out in protest to make the Tennis Court Oath--was the first "popular" protest.the fall of the BastilleThe fall of the BastillThe fall of the BastilleIt became a sure fire grass roots event based on two events which were spontaneous. The Women's March on Versailles on 5 October 1789 which is also known as the Bread March and of course the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.The Women's Bread March on Versailles.
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