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Write a short note on Fall of Bastille. ​

Answer 1

On July 14th 1789, a crowd of several thousand people laid siege to the Bastille, a royal fortress on the eastern fringe of Paris. The Bastille had served as a royal armoury and a prison, though on this particular day it held few prisoners and was only lightly guarded. After a standoff that lasted into the afternoon, the crowd gained access to the Bastille, overwhelmed its guards and arrested and murdered its governor. The fortress was claimed by the people and later demolished on the order of the new Paris Commune. The capture of the Bastille was chiefly a symbolic victory: the French Revolution would have days of greater political significance. Yet the events of July 14th have become one of the defining moments in European history. The storming of the Bastille has shaped our perceptions of the French Revolution, giving us powerful images of an outraged people who took up arms against a symbol of oppression.

Answer 2

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On 14 July 1789 a crowd in Paris stormed the Bastille and destroyed it. This was because of the increasing discontent between the French citizens and the growing feeling of aggression and conflicts in France. This demolition of Bastille by the crowd marked the beginning of French Revolution. The Bastille was seen as an expression or symbol of the cruel monarchy because this was used as a prison for the upper class members of the French society by the king Louis XIV. Soon after this, the place was started being used as a prison to detain prisoners irrespective of their background or social status. Other dates are not correct.

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