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By 1780 there were no "peasants".
Bastille Day celebrates the Storming of the Bastille by French Peasants on 14 July 1789.
The people and peasants attacked, because the wanted to free their political prisoners, and wanted to show their support for the revolution and change
They were unhappy with the tax reforms and want to remove it but causing uprising in the peasants. It however failed later when the peasants decided on a full-fledge revolution.
The French peasants' rebellion of 1789, part of the larger French Revolution, was primarily a reaction to widespread economic hardship, social inequality, and oppressive feudal obligations. Rising food prices, particularly for bread, coupled with heavy taxation and a lack of political representation, fueled their discontent. The influence of Enlightenment ideas also inspired demands for liberty, equality, and justice, driving peasants to seek an end to the monarchy's abuses and the feudal system. Their uprising was a significant catalyst for the broader revolutionary movement that sought to transform French society.
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By 1780 there were no "peasants".
The National Assembly lost the backing of a number of French peasants because it took land as well as independence from the Catholic Church. The assembly lasted from June 13, 1789 to July 9, 1789.
Basically, the nobles thought everything was fine, and the peasants thought society needed changing -- hence the Revolution.
Basically, the nobles thought everything was fine, and the peasants thought society needed changing -- hence the Revolution.
The Bastille was a political prison that had become a symbol to French peasants of the tyranny of the monarchy. It was stormed and the prisons in it freed in 1789.
Bastille Day celebrates the Storming of the Bastille by French Peasants on 14 July 1789.
Growing famine and poverty among the peasants. Over 50% of government expenses were on paying back debt alone.
The people and peasants attacked, because the wanted to free their political prisoners, and wanted to show their support for the revolution and change
An example of this would be the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. This was when French peasants went into the Bastille, a prison, to get gunpowder and weapons.
They were unhappy with the tax reforms and want to remove it but causing uprising in the peasants. It however failed later when the peasants decided on a full-fledge revolution.
It's a national holiday because on that date in 1789 the french peasants overthrew the oppressive monarchy, an event which was marked by the storming of the Bastille.