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Why do you think the Parisian crowds invaded the Bastille on July 14, 1789? Was it because of food prices?, the dismissal of Necker?, the layout of the city?, something else? Give evidence to support your answer.
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FRENCH REVOLUTION Storming of the Bastille Why do you think the Parisian crowds invaded the Bastille on July 14, 1789? Was it because of food prices?, the dismissal of Necker?, the layout of the city?, something else? Give evidence to support your answer. Although Louis XIV France was the envy of other European countries, it became an extremely fragile country during the reign of Louis XVI. Finally, on July 14, 1789 the conflicts and problems within the country lead to the invasion of Bastille. The fall of the Bastille ("the symbol of despotism"1) also connotes to the fall of the monarch's power. Therefore, it would be nothing but oversimplification to make this historically salient event depend on only one reason. It was an outcome of the combination of political, social, intellectual and economic motives that caused a general intolerance in the country. However the most significant and critical factor that made Parisians...
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