events that brought the revolution in France, had an impact on political processes in the world.One of the key moments of this revolution is the taking of the Bastille - the fortress that served as a political prison.Why is it taking of the Bastille is considered the beginning of the revolution in France?To answer this question is to consider the political situation in 1789 as a whole.
Background
protracted economic crisis began during the reign of Louis XIV.The root cause of this political system has become particularly France - absolutism.Feudal system makes it impossible for the development of trade, agriculture and industry.The bourgeoisie was paying exorbitant taxes to the state, it is not worried about either the creation of flexible economic laws, nor the granting of political rights.On the content of the court left an exorbitant amount, impoverished treasury, public debt has reached unprecedented proportions.Rather than regulate the economy, the authorities resorted to new exorbitant taxes, which went disproportionately on the shoulders of the young bourgeoisie.Meanwhile, industrialists and financiers had no political rights, are able to influence the situation in general, so more and more angry with the nobility, which is only interested in their own welfare.One of the answers to the question "why the storming of the Bastille as the beginning of the revolution" is the one that is the prison was a place to enter into an aristocrat who was hated by the common people.
States General
economic chaos and massive public debt have forced Louis XVI to return to power of the former Minister of Finance, an active supporter of economic reforms, Necker.It was also decided to assemble the States-General, which was planned to double the number of seats for representatives of the Third Estate.Representatives of the bourgeois headed Count Mirabeau and the Abbe Sieyes.After many disagreements representatives of the Third Estate renamed themselves the National Assembly.The attempts of the King to declare that decision invalid failed.Louis XVI was forced to proclaim the legitimacy of the National Assembly, which soon announced a new goal - to create a new political system and the development of the Constitution.
uprising began
At that time, Paris was seething.Handed out leaflets were many speakers, there were various parties.Meanwhile, to pacify the people, the king pulls troops to Paris.Royal Order of the July 12 Necker was dismissed and exiled outside France.The news of this was the beginning of the uprising.Morning of 13 July on the outskirts of Paris sounded the tocsin.Small traders and artisans, journalists, workers, women and old men were armed and took to the streets of the city.Later in the day, the citizens seized the arsenal.
Bastille
1789.Bastille is not the same as before.Instead of eminent nobles here to while away decades of imprisonment, prison became a place of detention for ordinary criminals.The content of such a vast fortress is very expensive, and Necker had already proposed to abolish the prison, and the land on which it stands, to sell the treasury.The paradox is that the Bastille Day in France would not be an official holiday, had to Necker listened before.
old fortress guns were deployed towards the Faubourg St. Antoine, where the urban poor huddled.This fact is particularly outraged citizens in the Bastille Day.Date 14 June 1789 was the last day of the existence of an aristocratic prison.Learning that the fortress shrink government troops, Camille Desmoulins urged to take by storm the prison.The crowd swept squad defenders and broke into the gate.Commandant killed, the Bastille fell.The king was forced to return the Necker and withdraw troops.
Some time passed, and the walls of the old fortress were destroyed.In place of the old fortress formed a wasteland, which put a sign saying: "place to dance."
Conclusions
Why storming of the Bastille as the beginning of the revolution?From the above we can draw the following conclusions:
- Bastille associated with the aristocracy, monarchy, and at the same time was a symbol of oppression, imprisonment.The fall of the fortress became a symbol of the destruction of the old regime.
- After the fall of the Bastille and the King of the withdrawal for the first time listening to the opinion of their own people.
July 14, 1789 the king retreated aristocracy fell, people have proved their ability to resist the royal power - that's why taking of the Bastille as the beginning of the revolution.The ability to affect the status quo and change life in their own countries to provide citizens, and they have taken advantage of this chance.
Bastille Day in France is considered a national holiday.This is a celebration of freedom, independence and national unity for all the people of this country.
