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State the importance of storming of the bastille in 3 points |
| Answer» Wars had drained the French treasury. The state was under heavy debt and had to pay hefty interests to creditors. To improve the finances of the state, the king decided to increase the taxes levied on people.When the king called the meeting of an assembly of the Estates Generals to pass proposals of new taxes, the members of the third estate walked out from the meeting demanding that every person in the Assembly should have one vote contrary to the existing practice of one estate having one vote.The members of the third estate assembled in the indoor tennis court on 20 June 1789 determined to draft a Constitution which would limit the powers of the king.During this time, the prices of bread rose in France and bakers began to hoard supplies. Agitated by the unavailability of bread, people including women stormed into shops. When the king ordered his troops to move into Paris, an agitated crowd stormed into the prison of Bastilles and liberated its prisonersThe storming of the prison of Bastille marked the begining of the French Revolution. | |