Multiple choice

Why did the Parisian people storm the Bastille on 14th July, 1789?

a. The Bastille held the leaders of the French revolution and the people wanted to free them. b. The people hoped to find hoarded ammunition in the Bastille. c. The people wanted to demolish the fortress and sell its stone fragments.

  1. a and b

  2. a and c

  3. b and c

  4. a, b and c

  5. b only
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E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. The people's militia that was formed on 17th July, 1789 wanted arms as there were rumours that the troops that had been ordered to open fire on its citizens. The crowd that stormed the Bastille hoped to find hoarded ammunition there.

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