What was the Bastille?
a) a fortified Parisian prison overrun by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789
b) the name of the Versailles tennis court where the National Assembly was formed in June 1789
Consider This: The governor of the Bastille had his head cut off. See 6.5: Narrative: Poets and Peasants.
c) the special military bat with which the royal army beat people, causing the revolutionaries to mock the soldiers as “bastilles”
Consider This: The governor of the Bastille had his head cut off. See 6.5: Narrative: Poets and Peasants.
d) a former monastery that was home to the Jacobins in Paris
Consider This: The governor of the Bastille had his head cut off. See 6.5: Narrative: Poets and Peasants.
a) a fortified Parisian prison overrun by revolutionaries on July 14, 1789
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A. the monarchy and the Anglican Church B. the Presbyterian Church and diplomatic relations with Spain C. the monarchy and diplomatic relations with Spain D. diplomatic relations with Spain and the Anglican Church E. voting rights to Catholic males
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