The Storming of the Bastille The Storming of the bastille was the famous day on July 14‚ 1789 where a huge Mob of hungry enraged blood thirsty peasants came marching to the bastille for Weapons and Prisoners that were imprisoned by king Louis XVI. What would make a Mob of angry peasants want to attack building right out the blue? What made all these Peasants so angry was the unfair and extreme taxation that middle class in the lower got from the king of the time Louis XVI. However that wasn’t problem
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Carmine Mennone The Storming of Bastille The storming of Bastille took place on July 14‚ 1789. The citizens of Paris were tired of the lack of food‚ over taxing‚ and seeing their country deteriorate‚ causing the citizens of Paris to fix things and revolt. The Bastille at this time was a prison and Bernard de Launay was the commander of the garrison stationed at the Bastille. This prison only had 7 prisoners in it‚ but supposedly contained a lot of gunpowder and weapons. It was a prison
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characteristics of a group are determined by its elements. The mob that stormed the Bastille on July 14th‚ 1789 was a group of citizens that were fierce‚ enraged‚ and blood-thirsty. To the people of Paris‚ the Bastille was a symbol of brutality and totalitarian power. It was hated because of the many stories that had emerged from its walls of horrible torture and brutality. To the people of Paris who stormed the Bastille‚ the prison which was the symbol of the absolute monarchy which France had been
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Revolt and Revolution at Bastille Hunger‚ over taxation‚ and unfair law in Paris was the start of what triumphantly would be the start of the French revolution. Pamphlets and publications regarding local events‚ true or not‚ were readily available and widely spread. With literacy and education in every range of the population‚ and the socialization of the enlightenment movement rapidly growing‚ word and action were hand in hand. Thanks to the motivation and desperation of a community the overtaking
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July 14 Storming the Bastille In the heart of a poor neighborhood at the eastern edge of Paris‚ there was a massive fortress prison‚ the Bastille. It had eight huge towers and thick walls 80 feet high. On the 14th of July 1789‚ hundreds of ordinary Parisians‚ mostly men but a few women as well‚ poured over the drawbridge of the Bastille looking for gunpowder and changed the course of French history. On that day‚ they made the French Revolution a reality. The paper will cover the storming of the Bastille
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Introduction: In the 1780’s‚ France stood as one of Europe’s great nations. But people were starving and the commoners were constantly giving away their money to the rich. They barely were able to dress in anything and most of them had no shoes to wear. Every night bread was the main dish they ate and their houses had rats and other insects living with them. In the 1780’s the harvest was very bad‚ which made the price for bread even more expensive. Because of costly wars France was in huge debt
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The Storming of Bastille was a flash point during the French Revolution‚ as armed citizens strode angrily to the prison Bastille. This was due to economic troubles in France and the low influence of the third estate. Where the effect on France was the symbolism of admonishment of the royal authority and monarchy. The storming of Bastille was induced by the economic troubles in France and the low influence of the third estate. Where the idea of increased taxes and reduced expenses was brought
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The Storming of the Bastille[change | change source] A sans-coulotte‚ a radical revolutionary‚ carrying a tricolor flag. In July 1789‚ after the National Assembly was formed‚ the nobility and the king were angry with Jacques Necker‚ the Director-General of Finances‚ and they fired him. Many Parisians thought the King was going to try to shut down the National Assembly. Soon‚ Paris was filled with riots and looting. On 14 July 1789‚ the people decided to attack the Bastille prison. The Bastille
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Bastille The Bastille was a form of government representation or a way to represent royal authority in the centre of Paris. Furthermore‚ the national day in France is on July 14 to recognize the Storming of the Bastille. To continue‚ the storming of the bastille occurred on one main reason. To begin with‚ in 1789 there was something called the 3 estates. The three estates was divided into Nobles‚ Clergy and the rest of the population. The rest of the population were forced to pay 100% of the taxes
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THE REVOLUTIONARY STORMING Why did the people stormed the Bastille and how important was the storming to the start of the revolution? The French Revolution in 1789 changed France and "equalized" the rights of the people. One of the major events that started it was the storming of the Bastille on July 14th‚ 1789. This day represented the French revolution because it showed us the public ’s sprit of rebellion. Rumors were everywhere during that period of time and therefore‚ most people were able
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