2006-10-19 16:55:42 · 5 answers · asked by RiG 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
France celebrates Bastille Day on July 14th. It's like Independence Day in the US but this day remembers the end of monarchy and the beginning of the French Revolution. This is when a large group of people in France rebelled against their king and queen.
The French had good reason to rebel. France had the largest population in Europe and hardly enough food to feed everyone. The wealthy, middle-class, merchants and businessmen had no say in anything. Every decision was made by the king and queen. By the late 1780s people in France were fed up with the king's decisions. They began speaking out and met in groups to demand that new laws were made. King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette tried to quiet everyone so they rebelled.
Bastille was a prison where kings and queens usually locked up people who didn't agree with their decisions. To a lot of French, the Bastille prison was a symbol of the corrupt system run by the kings and queens. On July 14, 1789 the Revolution
Bastille Day
began when a large group stormed the Bastille prison.
2006-10-19 17:07:45 · answer #1 · answered by glidermomma13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The peasants stormed the Bastille, which is a prison in France. They freed the prisoners most of whom were political prisoners
2006-10-19 17:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 19:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a coincidence, I just watched Man in the Iron Mask right now!
Haha
2006-10-19 16:59:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was stormed by people who were ticked off at the King of France.
2006-10-19 17:00:20 · answer #5 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋