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why did the people demolished the bastille

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Answered by aryatripathi47
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This violent attack on the government by the people of France signaled the start of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years' War. By the late 1700s, the Bastille was mostly used as a state prison by King Louis XVI.

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.

Demolition of the Bastille

Demolition of the BastilleDescription

Demolition of the BastilleDescriptionThis watercolor painting illustrates the "demolition" of what the text refers to as the "horrible prison" of the Bastille. As workmen tear down the spires on the roof, ordinary people rip stones off the base. These stones soon became collectors’ items, souvenirs of the people’s role in the outbreak of the Revolution—and symbols of the way in which many more people wanted

Caption (English)

Caption (English)Begun under Charles V in 1339, completed in 1383. Seized July 14, 1789 and demolished immediately after its capture. Thursday, July 17, 1789, a day forever memorable through the wise confidence of Louis XVI toward his good city of Paris. The deputies from the nobility including the Marquis of Lusignon [?] went up to see the platforms of the Bastille from which workers have already demolished the battlements of the towers as well as the little huts that look out over the terraces. Generous citizens pull up some bricks and seconded by the workers, they throw them into the ruins, thus inviting the French people to continue the demolition of this horrible prison.

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Answered by aseesabjot6a
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Answer:people demolished the Bastille because it was the power of LouisXIV

Explanation:LouisXIV used to threat people by saying that he would put them into the Bastille jail coz’ people in Bastille jail were treated worsely

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