READ THE SOURCE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 16(i),16(ii),16(iii),16(iv). On the morning of 14th July 1789,the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the townhall and decided to form a people's military. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of arms. Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the Eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress prison,the bastille,where they hoped to find hoarded arms. In the armed fight that followed the commanded of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners released though there were only seven of them. Yet the Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction. The days that followed saw more rioting both in Paris and the countryside. Most people were protesting against the high price of bread. Much later,when historians looked back upon this time,they saw it as the beginning of a chain of events that ultimately led to the execution of the king in France,though most people at the time did not anticipate this outcome. 16(i) On 14th July,1789 the people of the__________ estate attacked the Bastille prison and freed all the prisoners signaling the start of the_______.
a ) First,Civil war
b )Fourth,Russian war
c )Second,movement
d )Third,revolution
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READ THE SOURCE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 16(i),16(ii),16(iii),16(iv). On the morning of 14th July 1789,the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the townhall and decided to form a people's military. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of arms. Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the Eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress prison,the bastille,where they hoped to find hoarded arms. In the armed fight that followed the commanded of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners released though there were only seven of them. Yet the Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction. The days that followed saw more rioting both in Paris and the countryside. Most people were protesting against the high price of bread. Much later,when historians looked back upon this time,they saw it as the beginning of a chain of events that ultimately led to the execution of the king in France,though most people at the time did not anticipate this outcome. 16(i) On 14th July,1789 the people of the__________ estate attacked the Bastille prison and freed all the prisoners signaling the start of the_______.
a ) First,Civil war
b )Fourth,Russian war
c )Second,movement
d )Third,revolution