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On the morning of 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens. Some 7,000 men and women gathered in front of the town hall and decided to form a people's militia. They broke into a number of government buildings in search of arms. Finally, a group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress prison, the Bastille, where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners released − though there were only seven of them. Yet the Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king. The fortress was demolished and its stone fragments were sold in the markets to all those who wished to keep a souvenir of its destruction.
Question (i)
When and why was Paris in a state of alarm?
Answer:
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On the morning of 14 July 1789 , the city of Paris was in a state of alarm. The king had commanded troops to move into the city. Rumours spread that he would soon order the army to open fire upon the citizens.
On 14 July 1789, the city of Paris was in a state of alarm because rumours spread that the king would soon order the army to open fire upon citizens .
Question (ii)
Who was killed in an armed fight in the fortress of Bastille?
Answer:
From the Paragraph
A group of several hundred people marched towards the eastern part of the city and stormed the fortress prison , the Bastille , where they hoped to find hoarded ammunition. In the armed fight that followed, the commander of the Bastille was killed and the prisoners were released.
In an armed fight, the commander of the Bastille was killed.
Question (iii)
Why did people hate Bastille?
Answer
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Yet the Bastille was hated by all because it stood for the despotic power of the king .
The Bastille was hated by the people because it stood for the despotic power of the king.
