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Today, France celebrates #BastilleDay The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris, France, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris.

#14Juillet
The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
During the reign of Louis XVI, France faced a major economic crisis, caused in part by the cost of intervening in the American Revolution, and exacerbated by a regressive system of taxation.
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allez!

je vous raconte le 14 juillet 1789!!!

La prise de la Bastille!!!!

#BastilleDay #14Juillet
bon pour comprendre comment on en est arrivé là

voir là

1)Souvenez-vous au soir du 13 juillet tout le monde cherchait des armes
Le peuple pour récupérer du grain et manger, la bourgeoisie pour empêcher le peuple de récupérer du grain…
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