In July 1789, Paris was tense because of
a. rumors of massive disorders in the countryside as well as the massacre of prisoners in Paris jails.
b. threats of war from Austria and Prussia.
c. news that the American Constitutional Convention had completed its work.
d. the calling of the Estates General, the rise in the price of bread, and fear of aristocratic conspiracy.
e. threats from England.
d
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