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a state prison on the east side of Paris known as the Bastille was attacked by an angry and aggressive mob When the prison governor refused to comply the mob charged and after a violent battle eventually took hold of the building.
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was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm
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the third estate established the National Assembly the new revolutionary government,
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Concerned over the high price and scarcity of bread, women from the marketplaces of Paris led the March.This became one of the most significant events of the French Revolution, eventually forcing the royals to return to Paris.
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Inspired by British and American covenants, France's declaration was the most ambitious attempt to protect individual rights in any European nation to that point.