Jul 13, 2023

The Third Estate – peasants, craftsmen, merchants, bourgeois In May 1789, the discontent of the Third Estate led to the convening of the Estates General which was transformed into the National Assembly in June. The Third Estate called for the abolition of feudalism, the imposition of state control over the Catholic Church in France, and the extension of the right to vote. On July 12, the Assembly went into a nonstop session after rumors circulated that the king planned to use the Swiss Guards to force to cease. The news brought crowds of protesters to the streets, and soldiers from the elite Gardes Françaises regiment refused to disperse them. On July 14, many of these soldiers joined the crowd to storm the Bastille, a royal fortress with large caches of weapons. and ammunition. Its governor, Bernard-René de Launay, surrendered after several hours of fighting. Taken to the Hôtel de Ville, he was executed, with his head stuck in a stick, and the protesters paraded him around the city. The Bastille fortress was then demolished in a short time. Although it is rumored that it also served as a penitentiary, the Bastille held seven inmates: four counterfeiters, two noblemen detained for “immoral behavior” and one suspected of murder. However, as a powerful symbol of the Old Regime, the destruction of the fortification was seen as a triumph of the protestors, and Bastille Day is still celebrated every year. In French culture, the storming of the Bastille is seen as the beginning of the Revolution. The French Revolution took a bloody turn, resulting in 40,000 deaths, culminating in the guillotining of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette. The monarchy was abolished in 1792, being created the First French Republic led by the National Convention of France (legislative assembly) and the Directorate with executive power. Unfortunately, the First Republic was chaotic, marked by the reign of terror of Maximilien Robespierre, ended in 1794 with his arrest and guillotining, and then with the coming to power of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799 who became First Consul. For the most important news of the day, transmitted in real time and presented equidistantly, give LIKE our Facebook page ! Follows Mediafax on Instagram to see spectacular images and stories from around the world! Answer on the websites of Aleph News, Mediafax, Ziarul Financiar and on our social media pages – ȘTIU and Aleph News. See the answer to I know, from 19.55, Aleph News. The content of the www.mediafax.ro website is intended exclusively for your information and personal use. It is forbidden republication of the content of this site without the consent of MEDIAFAX. To obtain this agreement, please contact us at [email protected] . *The article has been translated based on the content of Mediafax by www.mediafax.ro . If there is any problem regarding the content, copyright, please leave a report below the article. We will try to process as quickly as possible to protect the rights of the author. Thank you very much! *We just want readers to access information more quickly and easily with other multilingual content, instead of information only available in a certain language. *We always respect the copyright of the content of the author and always include the original link of the source article.If the author disagrees, just leave the report below the article, the article will be edited or deleted at the request of the author. Thanks very much! Best regards! Report Content