Bastille Day
The French national holiday celebrates
the beginning of the French Revolution.Bastille Day, the French
national holiday,
commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took
place on 14 July 1789 and
marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis the 16th's Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol, the people signaled that the king's power was no longer absolute:
power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation of powers.
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